It's summertime and time to sit back and relax especially during summer vacations. So this time we decided to go on a small trek..... to Triund.
As they say there's always a first time, so I have to admit that this was the first trek of my life....... In all the four decades (well almost 4) of my life, I had never gone on a single trek. So me and Jatinder thought that we should be able to boost of at least one trek ...... actually looking all around I realised that it's not long before it will become tough for us to move around and we might sitting tight with painful knees and zero strength to take us up a flight of stairs, leave alone going on a 7 km trek.
We packed our bags and headed to McLeodganj ... all full of excitement and me ... i was a bit apprehensive too..
The trek was all that I had thought it would be..... it was tiring, bugging, felt like giving up mid way, weather too hot to handle, I came back with sunburns.
It tested our strength, passion, stamina, determination, perseverance and what not. But we didn't give up.
Yahoooo..... it was THE moment for us when we actually made it to the top.
The surprise of the trek was Manveer. He showed such determination and agility that I was completely floored by him. He showed no sign of giving up or losing interest or complaining of the fact that it was a tough task..... no, nothing of the sort.... he was right there till the end...
This trek showed a completely different and hitherto unknown facets of Manveer's personality.......
one, he doesn't give up if he is really keen on something
second, he is open to communicate and befriending others(after only a few moments of hesitation, that's it)
thirdly, he can be a huge pillar of strength for us
fourth, he is a risk taker and explorer,just needs a gentle nudge towards the direction
fifth, he enjoys rock climbing......
phew.... did we go on trek or on self discovery trip..... or to be more precise, Manveer discovery trip........
believe me, we found a gem ....of the most brilliant type.......
chalo.... now with a gem in tow.... we came back to the city of dreams.... Gurgaon.....
Braving the scorching heat and moving on.... decided to spend the last day of the vacation at home.... rolling and slothing around.
And for us, the movie buffs..... watching a movie is the best way of doing tnat.....
And so started the movie marathon of the day......
one of the movies that we watched and enjoyed was Doosra Aadmi....... it's Rishi Kapoor and Rakhee starrer..... beautiful movie with some really nice musical numbers too.....
watching it, i felt it was more of adult's movie ....as it had the story line of an older women falling in love with a younger man ..... plus some other complexities..... go watch the movie if you want to know the complete story....😏😏.
i presumed that Manveer wouldn't really enjoy the movie and instead of me asking him to go and do something else, he himself will do that, but to our surprise he decided to watch it through although half halfheartedly.
Once the movie was over, I asked Manveer, "What's the moral of the story......??"
As is typical of Manveer, he thought for a moment and said.....Don't judge the book by it's cover.
and he was done with it ..... got up and went to his room to get his laptop and to play his favorite game these days... GST (whatever it is !!!).
here both, me and Jatinder were stumped ... and left wondering and pondering over the fact that it was actually true.... a very subtle but very precise lesson to be learnt from the movie.....
of course there were other deductions that were possible but ...... what he said, and his perspective was flawless.
It's times like these and these moments of clarity of .....not only in thoughts but their expression as well in such simple lucid words ........that always amazes us and we are left speechless ..
I just hope that he retains this clarity and clutter free vision in times to come.
Parenthood is a continuous journey with something new and amazing happening all the time...... so this gem of mine is slowly polishing itself and shining brighter each day....
May you shine the brightest without any compromises .....Amen!!!
As they say there's always a first time, so I have to admit that this was the first trek of my life....... In all the four decades (well almost 4) of my life, I had never gone on a single trek. So me and Jatinder thought that we should be able to boost of at least one trek ...... actually looking all around I realised that it's not long before it will become tough for us to move around and we might sitting tight with painful knees and zero strength to take us up a flight of stairs, leave alone going on a 7 km trek.
We packed our bags and headed to McLeodganj ... all full of excitement and me ... i was a bit apprehensive too..
The trek was all that I had thought it would be..... it was tiring, bugging, felt like giving up mid way, weather too hot to handle, I came back with sunburns.
It tested our strength, passion, stamina, determination, perseverance and what not. But we didn't give up.
Yahoooo..... it was THE moment for us when we actually made it to the top.
The surprise of the trek was Manveer. He showed such determination and agility that I was completely floored by him. He showed no sign of giving up or losing interest or complaining of the fact that it was a tough task..... no, nothing of the sort.... he was right there till the end...
This trek showed a completely different and hitherto unknown facets of Manveer's personality.......
one, he doesn't give up if he is really keen on something
second, he is open to communicate and befriending others(after only a few moments of hesitation, that's it)
thirdly, he can be a huge pillar of strength for us
fourth, he is a risk taker and explorer,just needs a gentle nudge towards the direction
fifth, he enjoys rock climbing......
phew.... did we go on trek or on self discovery trip..... or to be more precise, Manveer discovery trip........
believe me, we found a gem ....of the most brilliant type.......
chalo.... now with a gem in tow.... we came back to the city of dreams.... Gurgaon.....
Braving the scorching heat and moving on.... decided to spend the last day of the vacation at home.... rolling and slothing around.
And for us, the movie buffs..... watching a movie is the best way of doing tnat.....
And so started the movie marathon of the day......
one of the movies that we watched and enjoyed was Doosra Aadmi....... it's Rishi Kapoor and Rakhee starrer..... beautiful movie with some really nice musical numbers too.....
watching it, i felt it was more of adult's movie ....as it had the story line of an older women falling in love with a younger man ..... plus some other complexities..... go watch the movie if you want to know the complete story....😏😏.
i presumed that Manveer wouldn't really enjoy the movie and instead of me asking him to go and do something else, he himself will do that, but to our surprise he decided to watch it through although half halfheartedly.
Once the movie was over, I asked Manveer, "What's the moral of the story......??"
As is typical of Manveer, he thought for a moment and said.....Don't judge the book by it's cover.
and he was done with it ..... got up and went to his room to get his laptop and to play his favorite game these days... GST (whatever it is !!!).
here both, me and Jatinder were stumped ... and left wondering and pondering over the fact that it was actually true.... a very subtle but very precise lesson to be learnt from the movie.....
of course there were other deductions that were possible but ...... what he said, and his perspective was flawless.
It's times like these and these moments of clarity of .....not only in thoughts but their expression as well in such simple lucid words ........that always amazes us and we are left speechless ..
I just hope that he retains this clarity and clutter free vision in times to come.
Parenthood is a continuous journey with something new and amazing happening all the time...... so this gem of mine is slowly polishing itself and shining brighter each day....
May you shine the brightest without any compromises .....Amen!!!
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