Thank You Ma Pa

I was just reading a narration from the speaking tree website about a brutal tale of revenge in Mahabharata between Pandavas & the Nagas. Suddenly while reading that, I recollected some of my golden days when I used to go to my dad every single night for a bedtime story. We were then living in Noida and my parents had to travel 17kms everyday to work. Unlike today, the commutation wasn’t so easy and they would have to wake up early and catch a chartered bus leading to their destination. Well why I’m giving you this information is because, every single night when I go to him and demand for a bedtime story, he would tirelessly narrate me one. Not even once as much as I remember has he said no to me.

From mythological tales to Thenali Raman’s clever instances, he would go on and on till I felt sleepy. It’s surprising how our parents never get tired of doing things unendingly for us. From the tiniest to the biggest sacrifices, they have done everything to make our lives better. No matter how much we try, we can never ever return their favour and undoubtedly we owe our lives to them. Even though we have the right to live our life our way, but there’s always a subtle way to tell our parents what we really want in our lives. As being our creators, they would always appreciate that we confronted in them and help us achieve our goals.

It goes without saying that our amazing childhood is just in our memory and can never be relived, but what’s important is that we appreciate the little things our parents have done for us & to be there for them whenever needed.

Mom, Dad… I Love you till the moon and back.

Did she choose to stay? (If I Stay-Gayle Forman)

I do not usually prefer reading romantic novels as I feel they have too much drama involved in them and they tend to go overboard with love & sweet nothings. However, when my sister who too is an avid reader, suggested If I Stay to me, I was undoubtedly a little put off for I was a little finicky to read it. She did mention that it is not stereo-typically romantic, and I wondered what else could it possibly be. So, I decided to give it a shot & went ahead with it.

To my surprise, I got quite involved in the process of flipping through the amazing novel & felt as if I’m Mia (The main character of the book). Gayle Forman has beautifully written as to how it is to have an out of the body experience & what it’ll be like to decide whether one should choose to stay or pass on when there is no motive or anything left behind in your life. A simplistic novel with characters that came out of the words and became a part of my life, which doesn't happen while I read a dramatic novel.

Now, let’s come to what I deciphered from the book. The value of relationships in one’s life; be it love, family, friends. Everything holds its own place and is important in its own way. We definitely cannot weigh what’s more important to us. I understood that even if there’s nothing left behind, there is still one reason to hold and stay back. Very few people recognize & identify that, and that’s all it takes to realize the sole reason for your survival.

So, guys go ahead and give it a read to get a deeper understanding on relationships & life together. Kudos to Gayle Forman for the work.