Friday, February 15, 2008

"C.H.I.L.D.R.E.N"



My cousin sister is in primary school. She was preparing for a math exam. I asked her a few easy questions which she answered. Then threw some tough ones which she tried to answer. I thought I should 'advice' her to study real hard and score high marks. But, then I did study hard and it has not done wonders to my life. Maybe, I should ask her to work smart. I doubt if she knew what smart work was. So, the question is what really should I tell her.


"I wouldn't tell them anything, infact I would sit by the fireplace and listen to them all day long.That is what they need and thats exactly what they are starved of." - Marilyn Manson.

Let them play in the sands without any fear.
Let them dance in the rain without any concerns of catching a cold.
Let the laugh without any fear over the smallest trivialties of life.
Let them dream about flying like their superheroes.
Let them do things just for the sake of having fun.
Let them have the greatest of friends for playing a game of hide and seek.

Give them a childhood that they shall cherish and remember. Give them an childhood without voilence, guns, terrorism, killing, massacres, money, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes. Give them mango trees to climb and mangoes to pluck, along with which a neighbour, to chase them around. Give them great books to read and movies to watch. Give them a culture to lean on to. Give them education and give them a greener earth. Beyond all this, give them your ears and all your love.

I want to see them smile and laugh. Every act of theirs which brings so much laughter. There are no races, no religion, no sects they are children.
If not for anybody else, let us give them a future. Isn't that something to fight for? Isn't that worth living for???

3 comments:

neo said...

It is 'MarIlyn Manson'. :)

Btw, nice blogging there!

Riya Ninan said...

Feels like an echo of evrything that runs thru my mind wen i c children.damn nice.the best post by far.

atvaidian said...

Riya... Our childhood days were poignant coz of the innocence and the will to experiment... unaware of the right from the wrong, the whole process of learning and understanding in itself is awe-inspiring !!