Dear
Daughter,
Have
you ever noticed how the word Extra or Free on anything just brings a smile on
to our face? When you get three chocolates at the price of two or 20% chips or
buy one get one free promos, you feel as if your trip to the supermarket was
just worth it.
Now
think, what wonders an “Extra” can do in your life? An extra mile in your walk,
an extra step towards your dreams, an extra ear for those who want to talk, an
extra hug for those in despair, some extra time for those in need… you can be
extraordinary because the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that
little extra.
There
will many times when you would have done everything to excel in a job or
studies or reaching your goal and yet failed to see the result and thinking of
quitting the whole thing. But before you do that, just put one last extra step towards
your goal. I am sure you’ll see amazing results. Because most of the
times we give up before few miles to our destination. Never do that.
More
than all this, I want you to go an extra mile in your relations with others. There are so
many people in this world who’s suffering alone. You don’t have to travel
around the world looking for them. Mostly they will be people around you, your
near ones, acquaintances, colleagues, that stranger sitting next to you in
metro or subway. It can be anyone.
Some years
ago, I and my friends organized a summer camp for teenagers. And on its one
year anniversary we were planning a reunion but it didn’t happen, because we
couldn’t find time in our schedule. A week after that, heard a boy in that gang
committed suicide because he didn’t clear some papers in his first year Engineering
semester exam. And till date I feel guilty about it. I keep thinking, if we
took that extra effort to do that reunion, or just called and talked to
everyone or kept had personal contact he would have been still alive. If someone
anyone had some extra time to console him or give him support or talk to
him and make him understand that life is not all about the mere things we
encounter daily but it's all about the people that are around us, the people
that love us for who we are. Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear,
all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an
understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.
So my child understand that,
Words are strong. Hugs are
assuring. Listening is comforting. Been just there for someone can be life changing.
Because all these can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than
life is good.
Yours,
Me.
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