THE GIFT OF CHILDHOOD

With the arrival of a new member to the family, everyone especially the parents want to believe that their child is an angel sent from above and hope to nurture the child to prosper into greatness one day.  Whether one was carefully planned, hardly searched for, or came accidentally, the feeling is almost the same.

I can still recall the happiness that filled our family at the long awaited arrival of my now 2 years old nephew called Ayman. It was phenomenal considering what his mother went through for this miracle baby. Being the first grandchild of the family, Joy filled everyone. The feeling of motherhood however is an unexplainable bittersweet experience that only mothers will know best. Indeed it must be a great feeling. 

Looking at my nephew I try to view the world through the innocence of a child and ask myself what runs through his mind. Childhood is among the gifts that God endowed us which we enjoyed obliviously. It certainly is a gift because imagine living life of total honesty without consequences, the only thing you worry about is yourself; the only love you have is the pure divine love for your family and friends.

When I think of him growing up in this cruel old world, my heart weeps. Not because I foresee his future or anything but because I imagine how he will have to endure the tough process of growing up only to become messed up egoistic machines like us adults. As parents, (not necessarily biological) we all want our children to grow up in accordance with what we value as best morals and ways of life. 

It is sad that life can’t offer us what exactly we want for our children sometimes in many ways but the undeniable truth is that no parent wishes for their child to grow into what society would label as bad people. Thus even as adults we should remember that we were once innocent children but life moulded us to become who are today, better or worse.

Moral of my Story: 

There is no reset button to the things we have done in our lives into a clean slate. 

But I believe we can always go back to who we really are inside, and that is the once Pure hearted, content, Joyous, and Optimistic persons we once were as children regardless of what we have become.