impressions......... everlasting

07 jan 10
Impressions……..everlasting
In our lifetime we see, hear and feel lot of things which leave their impressions on our mind and soul. Some of them are short lived and some are everlasting. a few times things, person or an experience cement their place in our memory without even we getting to know them but they appear in a flash when we are least expecting them. Few words spoken casually by someone gets engraved deep even if they don’t make sense that time.
Sumone once asked me that did I have a troubled childhood, though it did not offend me because I knew that he was trying to get a reaction from me but that remark took me out of that place and I found myself in a room where a child was sleeping, it was early morning and I felt cold the calender was showing 14 jan , the sun was out but it was foggy outside,I was breathing deep and felt the freshness and coldness of the air . a person entered the room calling out some name, perhaps he was calling the child’s name and wanted him to get up. The child moved a little bit in the quilt and then again settled down in his peaceful sleep, the man moved towards the bed and sat besides the sleeping child. He was about to touch his son’s forehead but then he realised his hands were cold so he shook his son’s shoulder calling his name. child opened his eyes slowly and looked towards his father perhaps a bit upset to be woken up, he angrily mumbled and turned his back towards the father and tried hiding his hands under the the pilow to get some warmth but his expressions changed perhaps he touched something cold there. Soon the child got up fully awake and removed his pilow , he saw a lot of shining coins, the shine reflected in his smile which was infact brighter. His eyes were shining too and he was telling his was father that he was seeing new coins in his dreams. His sparkling eyes were expressing how it feels when a dream comes true . his father was listening to him in amaze paying attention to everything the child said and enjoying his son’s expressions. The child was simply overjoyed and told his father that dreams do come true, father shook his head in agreement tapped on child’s head and then he went out of the room with a satisfying smile on his face remembering how the child was searching his pocket for coins when he came back from office,he was sad to see his upset as the child did not find any coins and notes did not look their worth to the child as he wanted coins,the man then explained his son that he can get things if he dreams about them and believes in his dreams.
I was in awe of that man how he induced a dream in his child’s brain taught him to believe in it and then in the morning fulfilled his dream by placing few new coins under his son’s pillow. His smile was of a proud father who not only gifted his son a memory to cherish but also taught him to believe in his dreams as dreams come true only if someone has faith .
Suddenly I heard someone taking my name and I saw the person who asked me about my troubled childhood.i wanted to tell him that my childhood was not troubled it was bright like those coins but I just gave him a smile and left the room and he was wondering why I was smiling when he was trying to get me upset. I was smiling bcause his question made me cherish my childhood memories with my father and his everlasting teaching………believe in your dreams…they do come true…