My daughter quickly sat down in her room one evening and made this card for mother’s day. Then she came to my room saying she can’t wait for mother’s day so here’s the card. I opened the card and was just about to say thanks, when she quickly warned me-please do not say anything, just quietly read the card. I read the thoughtfully written message, then slid the card inside the book I was reading and said lets have dinner.
Later I reread the card when she wasn’t around and I was free to smile while reading it.  So here’s what was written in it-

“My mother is very good in a job as a mother. She takes care of me and loves me. I want to repay her love with mine. She is a great mother and she tells me to do what I want. She listens to me and asks what I want. So lets celebrate mothers day.”

I will refrain from expressing my feelings because the essence may be lost in words.

Me and Shyam have always let her make her own choices, and I wish she has the courage to do what she wants to do, always. However, knowing what one wants is not so simple; our minds being such a conglomerate of biases. I wonder if its truly possible to understand what we want. That’s why life itself never stops being interesting because finding our purpose is a challenging , probably never ending pursuit. I hope she enjoys this journey of finding her meaning in life, building her own beautiful story. It is however easy to be misled by the noises all around us shouting at us what we should be wanting. May she be able to listen to her inner voice amidst all this noise!