A message from Revati...

October 17, 2004

Greetings to you this Monday Morning !!
I took a much-needed break from work this weekend and spent most of the weekend with my daughter Revati. For those of you who haven't met her, Revati is a bubbly child, who will turn 3 soon (Boy!! Time flies… :-)). And even at her age she has her own preferences and opinions about various matters. Over the weekend, we lazed around together, drank Nariyal Pani on our "Katta", went shopping and even had a game of Cricket. Revati's Cricket kit includes a red plastic bat and a white plastic ball. As we started playing, Revati soon lost interest in the game and suggested that we replace the plastic ball with one of her other favorite toys and even offered to go and get it from the house. A few minutes later she returned with a bright orange ball, which I had bought for her from Bangalore. This "crazy" ball was, something very different from the earlier plastic ball. The crazy ball has attributes that are just opposite of the plastic ball. It is bright orange in color, it makes no noise when you throw it on the ground and the harder you throw it, the more it flies back. Revati loves it. She squealed with delight each time the crazy ball went on one of its fast paced trip in our play area. It was evident that she enjoyed more while playing with the crazy ball. In some sense her choice indicated a preference for bright color, high energy and less noise. Probably she and most of the kids of her age would grow up to like people with similar attributes. People who are cheerful, who possess a unique quality of high energy that results in a lot of action without a lot of noise, who no matter how hard they fall will still rise higher. Even as grown ups, I am sure we all admire such people and I hope Revati grows up to be such a person. Through her choice Revati indicated to me that I should model the attributes ofthe bright orange ball. A subtle message from an innocent child. Something to think about.
Have a great week !!
October 17, 2004