Being special

Children are gifts; that makes all of us a special in our own way but we loose that sight of it as we grow up. The thing is, you don't even realise this fact up till adulthood kicks in and you see for yourselves how children, can be very thoughtful in their own touching way. Just the other day, my family and I were having dinner at TGIF -- a birthday celebration for my dad. As we were finishing up our meals, my 6 1/2 year old nephew turn to my mom and said, "This dinner must be really expensive, can i please help you to pay for it?" Of course the reality is this kid will go to his parents for the money but the thought; how often would a child make such remarks -- remarks that catch you by surprise further proving how special they really are.
On more humorous note, we were discussing with the children on their ambitions and asked them what they wanted to be when their grow up. My 6 1/2 year old nephew said, "I wanna be builder, cos i want to build things." But to everyones surprise, the younger brother who is 3 1/2 when asked the same question he said, "I don't want to grow up." At such a young age, that is a very wise answer, all of us laughed but it got everyone of us thinking.
As kids we wait in anticipation to grow up, as teens we rebel and demand to be treated as an adult and once we are adults, we wish and hope that we could get into a time machine and go back to being a kid. Yes, we want to simplify things as an adult but somehow complications become the center of our lives. As hard as we try to make things easy for everyone around us, it becomes even harder for us to cope. That is the reality. But, it is comforting to know that, once you observe a child in his/her thoughtfulness and innocence, we take a step back and realise, we are all special -- cos we were once children ourselves.