PRELUDE :: Well, when Little Madhoo pestered me to tell a story today, I thought it is better to rely on Paulo's shoulders to give her a true classic learning about....about what a story is capable of and how much of learning can one get from just a page...
Alas....It was me who eventually learned !! Read through....
Dear All
I took lot of precaution to impart a quality time during this story telling expedition; Took care to just read the story aloud first asking her to listen it and then asked her if she understood it. She nodded and to my great relief and satisfaction reproduced the physical part of the story with minimum distortion which I could correct as and when she stumbled a bit....!!
Then to my question on what is the "message" of the story (please note it...it becomes MESSAGES when we learn after reaching adulthood; no more MORALS), she looked blank as I had expected....!!
Then with all my eloquence I tried to explain her that one sees him/herself thru' others.
To add further strength, I also reminded her the story some where in Mahabharath where Dharmaputra sees all good people around him while Dhuriyodhana could only identify them as evils.
My proud idea was to teach her by "connecting" - you know ??
Then came the first bouncer....
She started telling an incident at her school - on the prior day.
With some pride that she is beginning to connect a story with some real life aspect, I was dumb found to see how it eventually turned out to be....
It appears that when they were discussing names of flowers , one of her friend had used the word "Narcissus" but none in the group (including this particular friend) could explain what this word meant....!! Madhoo had mentally made a point to check the dictionary / google to understand it but just missed to see it thru'.
She was quite happy that the story was about "Narcissus" by coincidence....!!!
As Madhoo was excitedly telling this, my heart was breaking at the whole thing....
What should have been a "classic" learning is petering out to be a mere coincidence....
But then, I got a flash how things find its place - if we allow them to....!!
YES, it was a wonderful demonstration of the story - by itself....!!
Unable to see through the story and the add on explanations offered freely by me, Madhoo had seen only herself and what she wanted to know.....!!
Well, it was an Alchemy - in action - to me and perhaps.... to you too ??
Love // Suren
Ps:- Just to add that she understood the whole story much better when I explained the whole thing to her including how she unconsciously was behaving like a lake...!!
Alas....It was me who eventually learned !! Read through....
Dear All
I took lot of precaution to impart a quality time during this story telling expedition; Took care to just read the story aloud first asking her to listen it and then asked her if she understood it. She nodded and to my great relief and satisfaction reproduced the physical part of the story with minimum distortion which I could correct as and when she stumbled a bit....!!
Then to my question on what is the "message" of the story (please note it...it becomes MESSAGES when we learn after reaching adulthood; no more MORALS), she looked blank as I had expected....!!
Then with all my eloquence I tried to explain her that one sees him/herself thru' others.
To add further strength, I also reminded her the story some where in Mahabharath where Dharmaputra sees all good people around him while Dhuriyodhana could only identify them as evils.
My proud idea was to teach her by "connecting" - you know ??
Then came the first bouncer....
She started telling an incident at her school - on the prior day.
With some pride that she is beginning to connect a story with some real life aspect, I was dumb found to see how it eventually turned out to be....
It appears that when they were discussing names of flowers , one of her friend had used the word "Narcissus" but none in the group (including this particular friend) could explain what this word meant....!! Madhoo had mentally made a point to check the dictionary / google to understand it but just missed to see it thru'.
She was quite happy that the story was about "Narcissus" by coincidence....!!!
As Madhoo was excitedly telling this, my heart was breaking at the whole thing....
What should have been a "classic" learning is petering out to be a mere coincidence....
But then, I got a flash how things find its place - if we allow them to....!!
YES, it was a wonderful demonstration of the story - by itself....!!
Unable to see through the story and the add on explanations offered freely by me, Madhoo had seen only herself and what she wanted to know.....!!
Well, it was an Alchemy - in action - to me and perhaps.... to you too ??
Love // Suren
Ps:- Just to add that she understood the whole story much better when I explained the whole thing to her including how she unconsciously was behaving like a lake...!!
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