Thursday, 5 March 2015

Look around : optimism is everywhere

It’s very rightly said that optimism can be found anywhere and everywhere, it’s just that you must be looking to seek this feeling of optimism, which fills you with the thought that “nothing is impossible”.

I’m a father to 2 children, one daughter and one son. The feeling of becoming a father is just bliss and cannot even be begun to be explained in words. I must add here, that before my marriage, I was very much concerned and worried about the life ahead. Naturally, one gets concerned as to the challenges that the marriage may possess and the responsibilities that come with it; this happens to all of us.
After 2 years of my marriage, I was blessed with a daughter and from that day on; she’s been the optimism and the ray of hope in my life, so has been my son. Both of my children have been very mature since a very young age, they realized their responsibilities very early in life and this as a father; fills me with great hope for the future. There’s no feeling like being proud of your children, it’s something that every parent takes pride in.

As I mentioned earlier, optimism can be found everywhere in life and I experienced this for the first time when I saw my 1 year old smiling and looking at me. The first time that she grasped my finger and learned how to walk, the first time that I took her out for an ice-cream which made her face filled with happiness (as they rightly say, children’s don’t measure happiness with money). My daughter would be ecstatic whenever she and my wife would go on a journey of 2 hours to my brother’s home on my scooter, it’ll be fitting to say here – that my daughter found happiness in just about what she got and she has taught me the same, that’s the kind of optimism I’ve learned from my children. Who says children can’t teach you! :)

The very idea of optimism is to feel a sense of positivity inside you and realize the power of being positive and the feeling of “there’s nothing that I can’t reach”, this is what my daughter has taught me.

My little daughter has grown up and is 24 years old now and still continues to inspire me with her smile, with her work and with her ability to find happiness in even the smallest of the things. My son just like his elder sister is the same – responsible and a great source of inspiration to me.
It’s fitting to add here that I found optimism in the smallest of the things that my children did and this is what makes life worthwhile. The very idea of finding hope for the future around you is the best way to apprehend that “success is everywhere, it’s just the perception you see it with”.



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