Couple of days back, while I was getting ready Deep to school, his clothes were not ironed. It was already time and the bus would come honking possibly in the next 5-10 mins. The normal temptation would have been to immediately get him into the shirt and shorts that were lying in the drawer, neatly folded..However, my immediate inclination without a hitch was to pick the clothes and run up a floor to the ironing area..I hurriedly ironed his clothes, got him ready and off Deep went in his yellow school bus, not much caring though for the ironed clothes..He probably was not aware and neither would have minded about the same..
This got me thinking as to why I was so paranoid about the ironed clothes for the school going kid and my immediate reflection was to Pappa who used painstakingly used to iron all my school clothes. I don't remember a day to school me wearing un-ironed dresses and that had become a habit for me and how could I do the same to my child ! I also don't remember pappa not wearing unironed dresses to his office ( school )..
These are some values, unknowingly are imparted from generation to generation. It may be as small as a ironed school uniform but there are deep sense of discipline, habit forming and commitment behind all this..
This got me thinking as to why I was so paranoid about the ironed clothes for the school going kid and my immediate reflection was to Pappa who used painstakingly used to iron all my school clothes. I don't remember a day to school me wearing un-ironed dresses and that had become a habit for me and how could I do the same to my child ! I also don't remember pappa not wearing unironed dresses to his office ( school )..
These are some values, unknowingly are imparted from generation to generation. It may be as small as a ironed school uniform but there are deep sense of discipline, habit forming and commitment behind all this..
