Time

Time - very important factor in one's life. We are already conditioned with many stories, proverbs etc. to impose it's importance since early childhood. My father didn't like being slow in any work and mother is always anxious about time. So unknowingly I too have adopted these characteristics. I never like to be slow in anything, always complete my work before time, very punctual when given time to someone and yes as my mother  I too get anxious unnecessarily. I confess I'm still not changed much but completely aware about it.

Last Sunday, I said with bit disappointed tone " Whole day we have done nothing except watching a movie, we had so much work but we have wasted Sunday" and then I hear Ashna  saying " We have had big laugh today!"  Wow! how I can forget that? Since they have seen movie Marry Poppins they are just singing, laughing and dancing!

Since years I'm asking myself  'When will my kids understand value of time and be sincere about time?' With morning school it was always tough to wake up and make Ashna ready for school. Tears and guilt made it more tougher. She is moody by nature and when involved in play or work never remember to look at clock. Even with homeschooling and evening routine of gymnastics making her ready and reaching on time was constant challenge for me and more to my nature. No question about her passion for the sport but she is like that never seems careful about time.

So before 4 years when I planned trip to Junagadh and Gir with children, Nikhil was worried how I will take care of children and traveling all by myself. Ashna was 7+ and Megh was 4+, so it was obviously difficult at once. But they co-operated completely...from taking care of luggage, long train hours, food-living in hotel to getting ready on time for catching train or bus, in everything and we thoroughly enjoyed that trip. And it has build my confidence that I can travel anywhere with children, they will support me and they does.

Still at home and especially with Ashna, time was always a tension until now. She forget her Kathak time if involved in something and someone don't remind her. Megh's sincerity about time I have seen from the day first he has joined swimming class. Even in vacation nowadays he has 3hr morning and 3hr evening routine of swimming that seems really tiresome in these hot days but he is always ready before time. Though I'm bit worried about this, his enthusiasm & passion is enough to keep me moving. In peak winter days too, for Sunday morning routine he used to wake up and get ready on time to reach at class before 7am. Recently Ashna also joined swimming and that too in morning...but with my surprise now she gets up and gets ready on time all by herself!  And also getting punctual in everything!

I have changed lot with my children and learning constantly about myself, how my personality has been built, nature and her rules from them. When you are open to everything and constantly enjoying and learning then there is really no 'time waste' even th on surface it looks so. And awareness about time, reaching somewhere on time, completing task on time etc. takes it's own time and it's different for different child. Just let them flourish on their own, life will teach them whenever and whatever they needed.