life and FIne Arts!

My cousin Gargi who is in California shared a beautiful and nostalgic experience with me the other day and I like to share with my readers as you people play a greater role in my life.Gargi's family is known for fine arts.When she was very young her mother used to send her to dance class forcibly to get a taste of fine arts.Those days probably Gargi s looking for excuses to skip a class. one day she could not follow the teacher so the etcher patted her on the calf muscles.Gargi thinking that it was an insult to her, ran home with long face to get consoled. poor Gargi, she never thout that she would get a bigger blow !When she went home an told her mother what all happened in the class her mother took her back to the class by her ear! And warned her she she gets those dance steps she need not return home!THen she never looked back and the rest of it is history. today she stands tall as a performing artist in California.
What I felt after hearing this experience force is needed at times to mould our lives from parents.It is not at all wrong. Today she feels so indebted to her mother. Even I became very overwhelmed and touched.Parents take us to the pond but we need to drink water!In the whole conversation I found only love and concern from both side.
This is just a small incident am sharing but all of us have such instances happened in our lives. May be they change our perception offering better introspection!

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Life as it came to me!

We are a middle class family. Right from the beginning kept a low profile to save money for the education of children. Anyway today my son is working with the world no 1 company. The other day he took me to show golden gate of San Francisco. I was sitting back in his car and thinking...nostalgic. When i was in my heyday I couldn't afford much fun. Even my friends would make fun of us as we couldn't go out of city. Those days i used to feel very sad and low. but the other day when son took me in his car i was thanking my stars for investing in education. Today I can surely tell others that what we invest in education will come back to us in double! i felt my hard work and effort has been paid back with excellent fruits. The joy of education is inexplicable.
Geeta Rao

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