YOU WERE ONCE LIKE THIS.

How old are you now? 

I know its not the same age compared to yesterday.

As days pass by, we grow older, we neglect some things probably because we are older than doing such  a thing. we dream big, we aim High, we embrace fashion forgetting we were once a toddler that knows nothing.

Whenever i see little children playing with sand or any similar kind of play, memories of my past cross my mind. 

The most painful thing nowadays is that we deprive our little ones from playing with what really makes them happy, we abuse them so that they can stop that particular kind of play, but the question is ''Were you deprive such when you were in their age''?

One faithful evening during a vacation period, i was heading home from a friends place and was hearing a little boy's voice crying before me, i didn't show any concern at the first place but was later forced to go towards the direction where the sound is coming from.  

On getting there i met a lady dragging a little boy of 5-6 years of age from the midst of five other kids crying, looking around i saw six empty cans of milk  which contains sand and a plastic spoon. I noticed one of the can is full of sand while the other ones contains little and same amount of sand.

The lady being my mates in terms of physical appearance and also happened to be a friend, i was able to interfere and pleaded with her to take it easy on him

I then asked'' where she is taking him to and why she is dragging him in that manner'', 

''She said Mummy has been calling this stubborn boy since, yet he refuse to come and  was playing ''father and children play'' here with these children here''.

I calmed the little boy down to stop crying. Then i was curious to ask what he is demonstrating with those cans and sand in them.

Surprisingly He said His Teacher taught them to love one another.

This boy in question is from a wealthy home, i mean wealthy. i was touched by his statement LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

I asked the lady i.e His elder sister to spare me some minutes. i took the boy back to the midst of the little children he was playing with to tell me more.

There he said, ''the six cans and plastic spoon belongs to him, but decided to share it with the others since they couldn't get any to play with''.

I asked why is one of d cans filled with more sand than the others, there he said '' that belongs to him and from there he is giving the other children using the spoon.

not to waste time, i then pleaded on her elder sister to take it easy on him. after which they left.

I was then mediating on that little drama i encountered, 

Firstly, Love.

Then i concluded within me that if our thinking is like this, we wont have problem in living or associating with others today. we would have been a better person today if our parents, guardians have noticed and help us develop our interest in what we are good in.

Lets not forget we were once like this little children, we know how happy we are when playing with our colleagues or mate not minding their home and also how painful it will be when we are been deprived of such also.

Many responsible fellows we have today have similar behavior during their tender age and thanks to their parents or those who discovered this and help them grow it.  lets learn to understand our kids, lets take the time to know what they really love and makes them happy.

You never can tell, therefore lets help them make their passion their profession because we were once like them and lets see how happy we are today because we weren't deprived of our passion and at the same time how painful it is that we were deprived of our passion.