Thagappan Saami

Dear All



Many times I feel that learning happens only after we complete the formal education. Numerous instances in our day to day life gives us practical lessons which goes inside us much more deeper than those lessons we mugged up tirelessly for exams those days !!



One such beautiful learning happened to me during last week thru' my daughter.



My God !! what was more wonderful was the manner she imparted me one of a basic lesson !! To put it bit clearly, how she master minded the learning process was more touching than what she taught me.....What I learnt was of course mind boggling....Here you go....!!



There was a situation when I lost my balance - blood rushing up to the head - spitting venom on my wife on some petty thing. It was a case of sheer impatience getting shaped as anger as an unconscious consequence....and little Madhoo tried her best to tame me at that moment and pacify my wife as much as she could. It was just out of the empathy I had for her, I came back to senses on that day and she did not open her mouth very consciously.

After couple of days, on a wonderful evening, she came to me and told me that she got reminded of one of her Poetry (Tamil CheyyuL) seeing me and my anger couple of days back....AND she recited the same.



Always getting intrigued with language and literature, I was humble enough to borrow her book and read thru' the poem which was really sensational....It was a simple 4 lined verse in Nanneri written by a poet called Siva Prakasa Swamigal.

A rough translation of the poem that I read thru' - "One must be earnest enough to control one's anger; Is it easier to take precautions to avoid situation leading to anger OR try to hold on the feeling of anger when it is gushing through unconsciously .....??".



I liked the wonderful analogy to the given situation .... and did not feel much ashamed with the new learning. Double sure to get triggered of this poem in the next possible situation when I am going to go wild.....!!


Well, on my daughter, there had been lot of moments she had thrilled me with her ability to know "the moment"...... I mean, the moment to speak, to keep quiet, to cajole, to behave properly and also when she looses herself a bit and irritate her ever disciplining mother. She is a wonderful learner, grasps things very fast.....and to my pride, connects the newly learnt things with the things that she knows already - which is some thing I feel its important when we become adults........



For that matter, most of the children of current generation are quite shrewd and extremely competent in what ever they do....and I am just being grateful to Almighty for making me one of the proud parent.



What makes me even more grateful about this girl is her ability to connect with outside world and the number of people whom she had made as her well wishers - by her own strength of personality. To me, she had always been intriguing - most of the times behaving as a wonderful child, some times as a teacher - like this instance....and few times, simply divine.....!!

Love // Suren