What I learned from my 2 year old friend.

Ethan! My darling neighbor. The best thing to do when I am bored of studying is to go and talk to (or rather communicate with) Ethan. This cute and adventurous boy has the most innocent and mischievous grin that I have seen. I especially like the way he scrambles up the marble seat in their balcony and enjoys the view. And when he is done with his stunts, he says one of his favorite words from his ever expanding vocabulary.. Down! And then somebody has to rush into the balcony to help him down. Hats off to his mummy for having the stamina and patience to keep up with him, because when he goes on an exploring spree, there is no telling what he will do!. There are, however, quite a few things that I have learned from this dude:

  • The best way to win someones heart is to give them a flying kiss.
  • When you need help, ask for it! There are a lot of nice people in this world.
  • Smile at everyone you meet. It makes you feel good, and others too!
  • If you wish to, you can touch the stars, you only have to imagine :)
  • If you don’t like something, if something is irritating or worrying you, don’t sit and ponder, just fling it out of the window! :D
  • Constantly explore your surroundings, just because we are too busy to appreciate it, the world doesn’t stop being a beautiful place.
  • Crying is not the solution to everything, although its worth giving it a shot if your sympathy factor is strong! ;)
  • Always share your toys with others, you never know when you might need theirs.
  • The best way to live life is smile, laugh, sleep, eat, poop, and explore all day. If possible throw in some driving around in a tricycle listening to music.
  • Overcome illness with not as much as a squeak! And return with full enthusiasm to continue living the great life as explained above.

I think all of us forget these basic things very often. No trouble, no situation is too big a deal to let you hamper your enthusiasm if only you have the simple wish to have a good time. Thanks Ethan! God bless you!

12 Comments

  1. Comment by NT-2016 on May 9, 2008 9:48 pm

    cute pic….nice post dear …
    specially the last point that u made the “poop” part…hehehe…i can imagine …
    all in all lovely..
    P.S LUCKY ETHAN

  2. Comment by iThink on May 9, 2008 10:32 pm

    You are right… these are the basics that we forget while trying to make our lives more and more complicated to match with the world. We forget to enjoy the journey in the hurry to reach the destination…

  3. Comment by Maverick on May 10, 2008 4:00 am

    great picture, children are adorable, I like his name too.

    Yeah, there are a lot of things we can learn from the children.for they are not biased with intelligence and think anything from bare scratch. Though its not obviously related, it reminds me of Einstein’s quote - “I cant believe how Logic still survives Formal education”

  4. Comment by pab on May 10, 2008 4:27 pm

    hey cute post….loved it esp
    If you don’t like something, if something is irritating or worrying you, don’t sit and ponder, just fling it out of the window!
    recently did somthing o tat sort :D
    cheers

  5. Comment by pinksocks on May 12, 2008 11:50 am

    u wirte really well…
    i am a fan

  6. Comment by wavesnsands on May 12, 2008 4:21 pm

    @NT 2016
    god to see u reading the blog and commenting…thanks

    @iThink
    righto! u got that right

    @Maverick
    ya this one is very very adorable. I have that quote on my page called Words

    @pab
    way to go! ;) m looking forward to reading ur stuff…let me know as soon as u start blogging again..

    @pinksocks
    Thanks :) u r making me blush now ;)

  7. Comment by Yasmin on May 14, 2008 12:06 pm

    You write very well. Ethan will be flattered. If he understood all he’d probably say thanye tejess. (Thank you Tejase).

  8. Comment by wavesnsands on May 15, 2008 6:59 am

    hehe…thanks yasmin..writing this was completely my pleasure..
    and thanye Ethan! :)

  9. Comment by ...RaJi.. on May 20, 2008 11:38 am

    Hey

    i always take a walk through your blog from Delta1’s blog.
    Nice posts

    Especially adored this one…
    very basic… very true..

    Kuddos!!!

  10. Comment by DELTA 1 on June 2, 2008 4:32 pm

    man he’s handsome….
    God bless him!!! :)

  11. Comment by gaynell on June 4, 2008 10:20 pm

    wow! i love the way u put the whole thing togethr…
    n wht u said is so true…. nothin more pure and innocent thn a lil kid…
    keep writin dear….

  12. Comment by smriti on June 9, 2008 1:10 am

    hey hi….this was really sweet….considering that i’ve been learning the same lessons from my kiddo nephew and neice….

    u really gotta notice how they forget the bad stuff so easily and come flying with big happiness on their face when they see u after a gap of say jus one hour….
    [:)]
    even though u have jus hit them before the interval….
    heheh…

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