I was at home to celebrate the festival of colors and there I saw something which was really very interesting and joyous. On the day prior to Holi, some kids came to my house and asked me to give them some amount of money saying that they are collecting it for the Holi celebration; so I happily gave the amount they asked for and then they proceeded to the next door. Next day they came and gave me an invitation card made by them, at night when everyone gathered at the place where ‘Holika dahan’ was to be done, the kids served everyone with cold drinks and wafers; in this whole event one could easily observe the bright smile on the face of each and every kid, they were all happy. The most remarkable thing in this event was that, half of those kids were from the Muslim families, but equally they all were blithe. And the very next day they were also playing with the colors, with the same energy.
The incident that I narrated above takes place at very few places, we often find people saying ‘Muslims are bad, they don’t deserve to be in India, all Muslims are terrorists etc etc…..’And then when a Muslim replies them back, they say ‘see, what I said.’ This is what happens; but who is wrong here? It is obvious that if one throws something upwards then what he’ll get in return is the shower of the same thing; so if you hate someone, you can not expect love in return. We really need to understand this fact. We start teaching our children from their childhood that Hindus or Muslims are not good, you should not be with them; by our deeds we make them learn the art of hatred, and when they grow they teach the same to their children; and this is how the chain of hatred keeps on growing, it never ends. We keep blaming the others for this hatred but never realize that it was us who planted and nourished this tree of evil. See the incident stated above, there no kid is interested in knowing the religion of the other, they are just flowing in the river of happiness; but will they remain the same as they grow old? I don’t think so, we’ll not let them be what they are; we’ll change them and will make them just like the rest of the world, just like what we all are.
Actually none of the kids want to fight, because kids don’t have to do anything with regions or religions; all they know is, if you shower a small amount of love on them then they give you a much higher amount of love in return. You can easily find two small kids fighting for a tiny thing, but the very next day or just after few hours you can also notice them playing together. This happens because they never keep anything in their heart. All these small things they do at the time when we claim to have a more developed brain say that kids do not understand anything, they do not possess an understanding to differentiate between good and bad; still they live in a world which is better than ours; a place where no war exists, where nothing is hidden in anyone’s heart, where everybody loves and trusts each other, and a place where all are pure to the depth of their soul. On the other side, think what we elders have; a world full of crime, full of hatred, where everyone is selfish, where everyone talks about war, and where every heart is dark on the inside.
Now, what does this mean? According to me, it means that we may be bigger, we claim to have an understanding of the world, but if it’s about love and peace; we lack far behind our kids. Why do we try to make them like us, when we know that our world is not what it should have been? There is still time, we can still learn the art of harmony and peace from our children.
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