A Child Teaches

Raising a child is real challenge yet it's an great opportunity for us to meditate on the troubles and sacrifices our parents have gone through to raise us and consequently we could thank our parents. 
It takes our patience,  creativity and perseverance to bring up a child.  From the time it wake up, the child is restless always looking forward to do something.  And the child's restlessness demand our effort to engage him or her to the best that he or she doesn't meet any sort of mishaps or accidents.  Even a day with a child demands a huge share of our attention,  mindfulness, patience and perseverance. In the process of being with a child,  there is always fun and learning to the extent of revealing true character of ours. 
      My about to turn two years old son teaches me great sense of patience, creativity, management, perseverance, fun, love and care.  Whenever I am with him,  I have to be alert and mindful that his restleness doesn't provoke a slightest mishap or two.  And then to channel his restlessness into something productive is yet another challenge that really test both my ingrained and trained skills of engaging children.  Children by nature are curious of anything they see around and we as parents are conscious of their health and safety.  It takes our tremendous energy to engage our children meaningfully. 
      My son has unbeatable affinity towards automobiles.  Even a farthest and faint roar of an automobile pricks his attention and responds us,  'whu.....whu... ' and if fail to take him towards that source of automobile sound,  he throws his tantrum by throwing his body flat on whatever he is standing, mattress or rocky garden. Good if we could make him actually see the passing automobile.  And again,  if there is a vehicle parked around,  he desperately pulls us towards the parked ones.  So carefully and seriously, he inspects every part of the parked ones as if a mechanic is inspecting a car.  So we have to there till he is satisfied with the parked one.  If there are many cars parked, then our then our time on that parking multiplies by the number of cars parked.  At times when we are not well physically or emotionally,  it's really a patience losing sort of episode in our life with our son.  No matter what we have to ensure his happiness by letting him do whatever he likes. 
     In my effort to ensure my boy's affection and attraction towards any sort of automobile,  I am blessed with tremendous exercise both physically and emotionally.  Physically I have to walk and move around a lot.  Emotionally,  as mentioned I have to be patient,  caring and loving as much as I can. 
     Raising a child seriously is an opportunity for us to learn,  relieving learn and unlearn.