Today being Krishna Jayanthi, I was bombarded with abundant question bullets all morning. "Amma what is Krishna Jayanthi?" "Its Kicha Ummachi's birthday baby" "will Kicha ummachi give me a gift?" Thats a tough one. For A2, irrespective of who's birthday it is, they need to get gifts. "Erm. Maybe not baby" "why amma? No cake too?" "Yes, no cakes no gifts, and its a different kind of birthday". "Amma will he wear a new t shirt?" "Perhaps baby. If he wants to" "amma I want to see kicha ummachi, will he come home in the evening?"
At this point I need to append some philosophy. When you are confronted with difficult questions, what is the immediate choice? And someone said if you cant explain something to a five year old, you dont know it yourself. So who is God? How do I teach faith? As I'm engrossed in my own set of questions, I'm brought back to the present with wails demanding that they see kicha ummachi right away. Dear Kicha ummachi, aint you the one who comes up in times of need? Where are you? "Ammmaaaaaa" they shout. "Baby, just close your eyes and concentrate, you can see him"
Almost immediately both closed the eyes although avyukth was trying to peek. "Baby you can see him only inside your eyes not outside"
Avy : deyy unakku theriyudhaa da?
Aki : ille pa. Nee nalla tighta close pannirukkiya?
Avy : aama da. Enakku vara pordhu
Aki : amma kicha ummachi blue va?
Me : yes baby, thats right
Aki : amma naa paakaren
Avy : amma naanum dhaan
That instant, I get goosebumps. We see what we want to see, if only we believe we can see it.
Aki : dey orange hat aa?
Avy : aamaam. Orange kannadi kooda
And finally they open their eyes and run away.
Where there is willingness to see, willingness to seek, to perceive and to believe, faith begins. Probably.
Thank you Blippi. And oh ya, happy Krishna Jayanthi!
Cheers,
Hopie
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