Test of Experience

The last decision which was crucial did not depend on the grades you scored or the rank you obtained which flashed beaming faces from parents coupled with chest heaving in pride.

It is the test of experience and understanding the path you trod, the trying times, testing times, the less privileged times which made you cringe in shame amongst friends and foes and the many times you let it go by.

The test of experience . Those hands which cradled were taken by surprise at the turn of events. A fleeting thought that if I had received this sometime earlier perhaps I could have had some happy moments lost on account of economic setback, tiredness and lack of time. Alas, who can put the clock back?

It is so strange that  when one wants some thing one will go any length to get  it, even doing the mundane chores which one detested  will be done as it is a part of one’s goal setting. Rules change overnight because now ownership and accountability is there.

Whosoever is ignorant of parental effort will not be able to shoulder responsibilities as they cannot appreciate the time and effort put in to erect you.

But the bruises and pains cannot be restored when experience sets. It will be nothing but a bundle of guilt day in day out purchased out of laxity and irresponsibility to be carried for the rest of your life. As someone said that  there is no tomorrow but only now.

Children should grow into a person who could appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others, to get things done, and a person who would give due importance to love, family and money and not be  the slave of entitlement  mentality.