BIG MOM
When I observe children talking to each other I gain a lot of wisdom into some areas of life and the living, by simply shifting my focus.
The other day I overheard two youngsters talking about their background.
Kid1: My dad is the chief of Police
Kid2: So what? My dad is a Judge.
Kid1: In our house we have many mango trees.
Kid2: So what? We have many banana trees.
Kid1: We have 5 dogs and they bark all the time.
Kid2: So what? We have 7 cows and they give milk all the time.
Kid1: Our car is bigger than your car.
Kid2: So what? My mom is bigger than your mom.
At that shocking revelation of reality the first kid lost his ground and couldn’t come up with any other point. The main reason was that the big mom was coming towards them and there was no way to deny the fact of the matter.
I knew that lady very well since she had visited the school many times to discuss about her kid’s progress in class in the past.
In the days that followed I was amazed to see what a single word could do to transform people when it hits them at the right point at the right time.
Apparently she had heard what her child had said to his friend although she didn’t react to it on that day.
She had probably never thought about the way her son perceived her dimensions and how he related to it.
She didn’t like to be perceived as a bigger mom and so she enrolled herself for massive doses of workout at our school gym and her determination was so strong that within 3 months she was a very different looking person.
Perhaps if her son happens to get engaged in a similar discussion with a friend this time he may well be saying “so what? My mom is prettier than your mom”.
Motivation is a powerful tool.
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