My son Advait is 4 years old. He taught me a beautiful1today. He called out to me today saying, "Papa, sit down." That usually means2everything and sitting down to play with him. So I did that because he would not stop calling out till I3. He was playing with beads(有孔小珠), threading (穿过) them one by one. As you know, it is a great exercise that helps4manual skills.
Finally, after he5playing with the beads, it was time to put them in the box. He slowly 6each bead, looked at it as if it were made of chocolate and then put it into the box.
With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting7. "Why couldn't he pick up ten in one go and put them in?" I wondered. Then I8that he did this with as much involvement as while we were9earlier. There was no10in his playing and his putting the beads away. My morning would be11. And then it occurred to me that this boy was enjoying the whole12.
Looking at how13my son was putting the beads into the box after he had finished his game14me that the process is the goal. The joy is not in getting there but in every15of the journey.
Isn't this what living in the NOW is all about? Advait, my son, was showing me that it was about16every moment with complete love and peace. The truest and happiest moments of my17have been the ones when I fully took part in without18the past or the future.
Thank you, my dear boy, for all lessons that you19.I am so20.
