Excitement uncontained!

As the going gets tougher, the tougher gets going.
Haven't we all heard this innumerable times ever since we were at school? But what exactly does it mean? Does it mean that a person toughens up when life throws unpredictably tough situations as hurdles in his life? I assume this is the case. We all fail to understand our potential and quite often under-estimate our capabilities, until we are thrown into situations which demand us to come out in full form, or say, show our true colours!!!

Phew!!!! There you go.....I managed to eventually start writing my first blog. Funny it is that I have so often been told that I should start writing but I never took it that seriously. Time and again my dearest hubby encouraged me to put down my thoughts in a blog but I always doubted my capability to write something interesting. It's not that I have never written before,  but I guess, time takes its toll on you, and you seem to stop recognising who you actually are.

First you are a daughter and you do as your parents say (Okay now! Don't raise your eye brows to this one) , then you get married, get soaked in marital bliss, become a dutiful daughter-in-law and then eventually get submerged into the happiness of motherhood. Time for total contentment in life. Nothing else matters at this time. The carefree laughter of your baby, the wobbly walk, the countless cute activities.....all these leave no space for anything else in life. Then comes the growing up of your little baby. Now is the time when you devote your entire time in teaching your child the way to live life, the way to conduct himself in public and the way he is expected to behave.

Now there are two ways to bring up your child. One way is to bring them up and the other way is that they are brought up on their own. Do I see a quizzical expression on your face as you read this? Well, I'll help you to understand it better. When you Bring Up your child, you are completely involved in his upbringing. You like to cater to all his needs on your own. You want to be there for your child when he needs you and even when he does not need you. I'm sure most of you will relate to this.

Now comes the second part.....when your child is Brought Up on his own or say 'grows up' on his
own. The law of nature states that every little one will grow up into an adult. So this is the new way in which children are growing up these days. Parents are so lost into their own world that they do not seem to bother about how their child is growing up. They need to realise that feeding (or rather getting fed by a maid) their child and providing him with a whole lot of expensive toys is not the way a child is brought up. Unless and until you have a proper conversation with your child, how will a child know what life is?

All the time we end up telling children what is wrong.....don't we often say 'Beta, don't do this, don't do that?' But do we ever bother to teach them what to do? That's where we are making a mistake. Some careful introspection can do wonders for us.

I think  I veered from the topic. What I was saying was that I totally reveled in the glory of being a concerned mother until now but now that my son is 10, I think he needs me in a different way than he needed me up till now. So what better way to get busy by writing some accounts of day today life and still be around for him as and when he needs me!

This is how my first blog came about. Loads of  introspection and continuous prodding.......but now that I have actually written it, I must say, it feels rather good! Thank you Mr. Pati, you finally brought it out ;-)

Looking forward to writing more often and making my blog interesting. Till then CIAO folks!