My dear kids, my treasures, I too had many 'fun' dreams in my life - to ride around the world on a bicycle with my friends, to experience the life among different cultures, to see the Carnival in Brazil, go on a cruise through Europe, ride the Trans-Siberian Railway, to see the deserts and jungles of Africa, to camp in the Australian Outback, rent an RV and drive around the country, visit all the temples and historic places in India... In my younger days, I imagined doing this alone, then I wanted to with my love and then you came along and I was thankful I waited for you to join me on these if possible. I wished you too get to experience wonderful adventures and experiences.
I worked to save up and make it possible 'at the right time'. It has never been quite the right time for me until now - I always seemed to have something more immediate and pressing to attend to. I did it happily. I am still doing so. I have realized one thing - looking it is not a hard decision for me to stay home with you, for you and attend to all the chores, cooking, laundry, cleaning, driving, gardening, dealing with a thousand little things - sometimes frustrating as well. But it is perhaps God's plan that I am doing this. This IS the greatest, most rewarding dream I am living and I would trade it in a heartbeat for all the adventures and travels around the world. If I had indeed been around the world, had the best thrilling travels and experiences, but I could not be there with you every day possible from getting you started out for the day and seeing you back to sleep, I would feel terrible. There would have been no joy in my life.
Somethings we dream and chase, some dreams chase us and only after they have given us the happiness that we did not foresee, we realize how beautiful it can be. Some you dream and it comes true, others come true and then you realize that it is the perfect, beautiful dream!!
I am fortunate I am able to do this. I am not the only one. There are billions of parents like me who are doing this every single day and moment. I hope some time, if it is in God's plans, you too experience this kind of incredible adventure, joy and happiness of being there for your own children. Don't mistake it for drudgery! Once you 'get' it, it is surely one of the greatest joys of life.
We are fortunate, we can still make the dreams of traveling around the world together happen. I hope it is in God's plan and that we will.
Copyright (c) Kannan Narayanamurthy 2017
All rights reserved
No comments:
Post a Comment