THE BOOGEYMAN IS COMING TO GETCHYA...!!!

 

 "You better go to sleep right now!"-Father ordered Pushkar.."No papa,please tell me another story."-little Pushkar urged.."It's 8.45 Pushkar,you know what will happen if you don't sleep by 9 "...4 years old Pushkar knew the answer,with fear in his eyes,he snuggled up against his father..What papa?"BOGEYMAN WILL COME...and then ..he will take you away..to his home in hell..and then he will peel your flesh off your body,and one by one,he will tear your hands off ..then your legs and finally your head..!"little Pushkar was already under his blanket,eyes shut with immense force and breathing heavily..His father switched off the light and with a visible grin on his face left the room,closed the door and exclaimed "KIDS...! HOW SILLY THEY CAN BE...!"

This was a story of a 4 year old,scared of an unknown creature,who,as per as his fathers description had two faces,could walk forward and sideways(don't ask me how),and had 128 teeth,and four eyes and God knows how many weird body-parts.Pushkar never saw him,but he trusted his father,and his mind,unaware of the reality,because of his small age and lack of knowledge and also because it was filled with the colours of imagination,inspired by his bed time fairy-tales and stories of dragons,wizards,prince charming and Cinderella was easily affected..

But,at our different points in life aren't we all like Pushkar,in some way or the other.Scared of the unknown,afraid of taking chances and prefer to keep our eyes shut in order to avoid the ugly facts of life and society at large.I mean,we,all of  us,at some point or the other in our lives have encountered situations where we should have reacted,but we did not,because we were scared..How many of us are having their dream career?We chose what is more convenient than what we should be doing,I am not saying that I am any different and I do know that money is important.But,it is also very important to understand our own special god-gifted talents as well,and cherish and nurture them,if not as a career then as a hobby,because trust me,when you are doing what you are good at and you enjoy,it fills your heart with joy,a pleasure of being able to do what you were meant to do,a feeling that like all good things in life,leaves an unavoidable impression on your soul.

There is a new commercial that I saw some days back,similar set-up,But,here,instead of being scared of the Bogeyman,the little kid asked his father back if he had ever met him or not.When he declined ,the kid responded,if THE BOGEYMAN was there at the time when his father was that young,then he must be pretty old now.No point feeling scared of such an old chap..he would easily defeat him in a fight..

That actually gives us a very important lesson,of not being afraid of the real BOGEYMAN or the different bullies that we encounter in life.Lets use our brains and think things through.Lets use our eyes to see the situations and circumstances and do the needful,lets shout and scare the Bogeyman away..Lets fight him back..Atleast lets show the courage to know the unknown,because if we do,we may realise,these so called powerful strong Bogeymen of our society are actually weak and insignificant,aged and invalid with their century old ideas and values ..having no power to think things beyond their narrow and sceptic visions.Lets not be that,lets be logical,brave,and honest.Honest to our ownselves and to others.That is the only way to live,with your head held high and with a heart full of courage and confidence.

Pushkar did not have a choice,because he was naive and very young but mostly because he trusted his father.There are times when people whom we love and trust most,unknowingly become our weaknesses,giving us the wrong idea inspite of having our best interests in their minds.It is not their fault ,it is what they think is right.It is upto us to accept and its upto us to chose..For we are no longer  kids anymore,and if we are sure of something then we can make our loved ones see it too..and make them proud and our own selves happy.