I have decided to use google docs to type in my FB note. My laptop has been acting weird and has crash dumped several times yesterday, resulting in the loss of everything I had written not once but thrice. It also brought out my forgetfulness in saving a document as soon as I start writing. That’s the reason why I didn’t post anything yesterday...
My younger son and I have been watching Harry Potter movies every afternoon since the past five days and have finished watching five of them. I am not such a Harry Potter fan and I don’t think my son is either. What we enjoy is that we both planned to do something together and set our target to watch all the movies together. We don’t talk too much and at times both get distracted - him by his urge to throw his volleyball (oh yes, the volleyball watches the movie with us) and my urge to check my whatsapp and FB messages. At times we have a snack to go along and at times my little one joins us for a while. But all in all we both aren’t willing to trade this time we share with each other.
My daughter and I engaged in craft work last evening and together we made - a mini book, pencil holder and a bookmark. It was quite some time since the last time I did craft with her and I vaguely remember getting a bit frustrated as her tiny hands couldn’t make the perfect folds or cuts. This time things were different - maybe I trusted her a lot more or maybe her fine motor skills had developed a lot since the last time. This time too, she wanted to do everything independently and unlike last time, I let her do most of the work happily. This time - I did not go after perfection as my goal was to have fun while making something. In this fun-filled atmosphere - where we chatted, cracked jokes, laughed at our errors - I felt happy and she did so too.
I was in the main living room last night when the clock struck 9:00. I walked to the kitchen when ‘C’ went out to click photos of the candle lit balconies. Our lights were yet on. I looked up at the balcony facing our kitchen window. There was a brass lamp spreading its light everywhere and a lady with her eyes closed and hands in namaskar position looking peaceful while praying. A mere glimpse at her and I wanted to be part of her experience. I turned off the kitchen lights and the main room lights and asked my boys to close their room lights. At that moment - I did so to become one with the experience this lady was sharing. I didn’t want my disbelief to hinder her pure intention and I thought of these lines from the book, ‘Tao of Pooh’ by Benjamin Hoff, “From the state of the Uncarved Block comes the ability to enjoy the simple and the quiet, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work, odd as that may appear to others at times.”
I didn’t light candles but I did turn off the lights...
Originally posted on Facebook on April 6, 2020
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