“Life is like a box of chocolates”, was what Tom Hanks says in Forest Gump, but for how many of us? Many of us have the brainpower to decipher everything exactly about the person standing in front of us, try to analyse him to the best of our ability and then pass a judgement on them.
And if we dint have the mental capacity, we would not have been able to do the above basic functions. Though not many of realise, but there are a lot of people in the world who don’t even have this basic ability and never grow up.
Yeah it is sure said that not being able to grow up is a boon and that every person has a child in his heart who never grows up, but not being to grow up at all is not a boon, it could prove to be a nightmare if one is not taken care of by the right kind of people.
Many of us would have seen if not interacted with these special children who never grow up because God wishes so. Around the world these special children are also recognized as being ‘mentally challenged’. The very thought that someone has to spend his life like that is very sad. For the very few whose parents can afford to take good care, there is some consolation, but for the rest the picture is not so bright. This is a problem which affects children belonging to all sections of the society. To be a parent of such a child is really heartbreaking.
To know that your daughter/son will never grow up and will not be able to live a normal life can break even the mightiest of them all. When you meet any special ‘child’ you are taken over by their innocence and curiosity. The way they react joyously when you give them something they like and when they are annoyed when they don’t get what they want or are given something of their dislike, is really touching, but they don’t have any prejudice attached to our actions. Like any small child does as soon as we say or do something nice they come back to us. Would you and I react the same way?? Even at our age?
The paradise of innocence lasts only for a small portion of a life but still the special ones’ have this imbibed in them. The child usually lives in his own world but is not able to comprehend why others shun him or why they don’t play with him and make fun of him .For the parents it is a very tough thing to handle. To try to make their child understand that it is not his fault and to be able to get him something as simple as play mate is difficult because of the very fact that some parents don’t like to see their kids or children mix with these children. Some are even thought of as being mad. When such a child comes to you, one doesn’t have an idea about how to be with the child. Most of us are apprehensive and don’t interact much, but what we don’t realise that what the child is looking is for is just a little company from a new person who could turn out to be among the very few playmates he has. If one makes a little effort to smile at the child the joy we would be giving the child will be more than what joy we get from seeing the child smile back.
“To make someone cry isn’t tough, but to make them smile sure is!”
One should try to be as considerate to all special people around us, no matter who or how they are, and act as nicely and joyously as one would with a small child. The more we try to improve our response towards others the more we can do towards improving the world around, not only in the humane aspect but all aspects of life. Though sensitivity and acceptance of the deprived and social outcasts is better, there is a lot a person can do to bring about a radical change in this social fabric and treat one and all equal irrespective of our mental, physical or economical capabilities .There are many people in this world who are suffering for no fault of theirs’ like children who are directly or indirectly affected by HIV and have no future because of someone else’s mistake. On the other extreme are senior citizens leading a refugee’s life in old age homes and passing away their existence in loneliness’ and depression. One step towards a change in attitude towards the young and the old would not only change their lives but ours too as even we have to go through it at the fag end of our life and if we don’t take action we will be at the receiving end. Let us hope that we can at least bear the fruits of the sapling we plant & nurture.
“ Noble blood is an accident of fortune ; noble actions characterise the great”- Goldini.
“To provide warmth to an Eskimo is like a drop in an ocean when compared to warming up the heart of a child”
And if we dint have the mental capacity, we would not have been able to do the above basic functions. Though not many of realise, but there are a lot of people in the world who don’t even have this basic ability and never grow up.
Yeah it is sure said that not being able to grow up is a boon and that every person has a child in his heart who never grows up, but not being to grow up at all is not a boon, it could prove to be a nightmare if one is not taken care of by the right kind of people.
Many of us would have seen if not interacted with these special children who never grow up because God wishes so. Around the world these special children are also recognized as being ‘mentally challenged’. The very thought that someone has to spend his life like that is very sad. For the very few whose parents can afford to take good care, there is some consolation, but for the rest the picture is not so bright. This is a problem which affects children belonging to all sections of the society. To be a parent of such a child is really heartbreaking.
To know that your daughter/son will never grow up and will not be able to live a normal life can break even the mightiest of them all. When you meet any special ‘child’ you are taken over by their innocence and curiosity. The way they react joyously when you give them something they like and when they are annoyed when they don’t get what they want or are given something of their dislike, is really touching, but they don’t have any prejudice attached to our actions. Like any small child does as soon as we say or do something nice they come back to us. Would you and I react the same way?? Even at our age?
The paradise of innocence lasts only for a small portion of a life but still the special ones’ have this imbibed in them. The child usually lives in his own world but is not able to comprehend why others shun him or why they don’t play with him and make fun of him .For the parents it is a very tough thing to handle. To try to make their child understand that it is not his fault and to be able to get him something as simple as play mate is difficult because of the very fact that some parents don’t like to see their kids or children mix with these children. Some are even thought of as being mad. When such a child comes to you, one doesn’t have an idea about how to be with the child. Most of us are apprehensive and don’t interact much, but what we don’t realise that what the child is looking is for is just a little company from a new person who could turn out to be among the very few playmates he has. If one makes a little effort to smile at the child the joy we would be giving the child will be more than what joy we get from seeing the child smile back.
“To make someone cry isn’t tough, but to make them smile sure is!”
One should try to be as considerate to all special people around us, no matter who or how they are, and act as nicely and joyously as one would with a small child. The more we try to improve our response towards others the more we can do towards improving the world around, not only in the humane aspect but all aspects of life. Though sensitivity and acceptance of the deprived and social outcasts is better, there is a lot a person can do to bring about a radical change in this social fabric and treat one and all equal irrespective of our mental, physical or economical capabilities .There are many people in this world who are suffering for no fault of theirs’ like children who are directly or indirectly affected by HIV and have no future because of someone else’s mistake. On the other extreme are senior citizens leading a refugee’s life in old age homes and passing away their existence in loneliness’ and depression. One step towards a change in attitude towards the young and the old would not only change their lives but ours too as even we have to go through it at the fag end of our life and if we don’t take action we will be at the receiving end. Let us hope that we can at least bear the fruits of the sapling we plant & nurture.
“ Noble blood is an accident of fortune ; noble actions characterise the great”- Goldini.
“To provide warmth to an Eskimo is like a drop in an ocean when compared to warming up the heart of a child”
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