I believe this stint of photography has been the most successful attempt that both me and my daughter have made in taking a picture of the kingfisher in our digicam. This kingfisher visits our garden frequently.
Very much like me, my daughter also tends to take everything seriously. I am yet to come out of that lock fully, but lots of training of my mind, I have managed to come out a little.
When we were trying to take a snap of this bird, I saw my daughter getting desperate with every miss that happened, or every mistake she made. The kingfisher hopped and flew from one tree to the other. Many times it just flew away and came back after sometime.She was on the point of giving up, very much like a mathematics problem that never gave in.
Although it was like one blind leading the other, I still spent some time with her explaining that everything in life should not be treated like a school subject or a school exam. I told her that it was important to have some hobbies where we could just enjoy making mistakes and explore without conditions or boundaries.
I believe that that instilled more self belief in her, and relieved her from the burden of having to achieve accuracy, each time she attempted anything.
It is more important to keep getting up and walking tall after every fall, than to just keep winning always without taking any risks.
12 comments:
WOW!!!!!
too good.
God Bless
Nice lesson, Roy... I'll put it on my desk...
Make sense Roy. Good message. Proud of you.
Shaju
Liked it...
Liked the frankness in the post also...
We should learn to accept and manage failures (whether large or small) gracefully, and to teach our children that failures do occur in life.
I learned the hard way...
Roy, Its great. Sure, Patience leads to perfection and achievements. You are a real role model yaar.
Roy Sir,
Sure your daughter would have gained lot much confidence.....
I will also do so..........
Thank you so much....for the motivation....
Regards
Pratheesh
Great way to teach a hobby and a precious lesson on life! Will try to teach the same for my lil one, thanks for sharing.
Short and sweet story cheta......Nice click by Shruthi too...convey to her that I told 'Good Job'.
Regards,
Magesh
Hello Roy,
Your current "Hide & seek" is as good as the previous one.
Please keep posting would love to read your views.
Warm Regards
Vinod
wow!
What you believe is true..
When anyone expect success and say 'I can', it fills them with confidence and joy.
You given Shruthi the key to success with such a small incident..
Love to b in Cherry's word - Ananth
Very Nice article Cherian! Keep up the good work..
Thanks,
Nitin
Wow. inspiring thoughts.
Venkat
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