HOLI and life lessons

 

HOLI – the festival of colours – brings joy, happiness and energy. 

The festival marks the advent of spring with the flowers beginning to bloom hence sometimes referred as the "Spring Festival". Holi is a traditional Hindu festival, which celebrated the triumph of good over evil. Although the festival originates in India and celebrated as a religious festival, it has been adopted in many places around the world.

The festival not only brings with it a lot of cheerfulness but also important life lessons for daily implementation :-

Get rid of negative vibes / thinking:
One must rid themselves from negative thinking to lead a happy life. Negative thinking can ruin your life and affect your mental health and of the people around you. Put your negative thinking in the bonfire of Holika Dahan and fill new energy, enthusiasm and positive energy in your life.

Forgive & Forget:
Holi gives us an opportunity to forgive our enemies, celebrate the festival of colours along with them and make them friends again.

Welcome every colour of life with open mind: 
Colours are integral part of the festival, like wise life also consist of different colours like problems, challenges, failure, happiness, success and so on. Accept these different colours of life and enjoy each colour with full energy and enthusiasm. 

Equality :- 
According to mythology, Lord krishna got the blue colored skin because of the poison given to him by the demon Putna. Lord Krishna painted his face with a colour to look same like others. Similarly, while celebrating the festival with colours, once applied, we all look equal and cannot be differentiated.

Celebrate every moment :- 
Holi is the perfect occasion to revitalize, appreciate and celebrate all beautiful relationships. Let's imbibe in some of the valuable and powerful lesson that Holi teaches us. And enrich our lives with peace, harmony and love. 

The most important life lesson is to be safe and take care of yourself while playing Holi !

Build a relationship with your child

 

There is no relationship as beautiful as a parent – child as it gives us a second chance to be a child and grow into a different adult. As my little one (who is no more little) is growing up to be an independent individual, there are few things I have learnt as a parent (& I am still learning from him).

Let this divine relationship be full of love and understanding. One of the golden rules of Parenting is to always show your child the kind of person you want him to be. This is done by modelling the role. 

• Responsible – Accepting your mistake even as an adult, helps him to understand that it is ok to make mistakes but it is best to mend it at the earliest.
• Trust – Encourage him to try and learn from different situations as it will give him confidence to fight his own battles. This has helped him build trust and faith in himself too.
• Time – Time and undivided attention when he comes to you is of utmost importance. Listen to him completely and then react. Overreacting to situation and later regretting should be an avoidable situation.
• Respect – Teach him by example. Let him learn that everyone has their own self-respect, opinion and personal space. Respect is a 2-way street, if you want to get it then you got to give it.
• Rules – Yes, Rules are important to set a routine but be flexible enough to change as per the situation. Certain rules were ok when I was a child but now, they do not hold any purpose. So, it’s better to have rules which are win – win for both.
• Failure – There could be times where he is struggling to complete his assignment or task. Let him figure it out on his own (at least in the beginning). Do not rush to help him out. Let him understand “Failure is not the opposite of success but part of it”.
• Equality – It is very important that we treat the growing off springs equal. Encourage their opinions while planning a holiday, a meal, a visit to a restaurant or anything that involves.

A     Always remember :  

    "Respect is earned, honesty is appreciated, trust is gained and Loyalty is returned".