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Saturday 11 April 2015

INNOCENCE

INNOCENCE
An innocent face, an innocent smile and an innocent demeanour is a gift of God. When I think of innocence, I think of small children bereft of all guiles. The scheming and calculating   behaviour becomes apparent  with the growing up of a child. How sad that the children lose their virtuous smile and adopt   a  calculative   and conniving attitude which reflects on the face. Given below is a photograph depicting  an innocent smile of  a baby.

Baby girl, innocent                How innocent is the child, unaware of  the    wiles and cruelities of this world. This same child picks up the derogatory words which he hears every where around him.   Just have a look at the  wicked expression   of this adult child.
                                                            scheming : Closeup portrait of sneaky, sly, scheming young man, boy, worker trying to plot something, screw someone, isolated on white background. Negative human emotions, facial expressions, feelings, attitude Stock Photo                                           

                                                                       
  Children are not at all manipulative. Whatever is in their mind comes out. Even in a trying situation they will innocently tell the truth.I remember an incident  when my son was in class two.I  gave  him laddos for his tiffin.  We had arranged a taxi  to leave him  and bring him back fom school That day when the the taxi   came back sonny  was not there.I  became extremely panicky  .  I  was questioning the  taxi driver, when I saw that he was walking with  the school bag, heavier than him. When  I  asked him why he did not come out for the taxi, he replied innocently that he was eating ladoos. I felt  so guilty . Knowingly  that he hated ladoos  I put pressure on him  to finish them. Innocently he sat there to eat them.  
I realised that as elders we must not put  undue pressure on the chilren to do  something which they don’t like. Let the children remain children; don't force them  to become adults.

                                                                       “There is an  innocence  in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.” 
 Friedrich Nietzsche                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Written for A  to  Z Challenge, 2015

7 comments:

  1. Quite true :) We can't force some choices on kids.

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  2. Children are indeed innocent which is why we love them so much! Or at least speaking for myself (though I imagine I'm not the only one!) ;) And yes, kids ideally should be nurtured to be children, not pressured to be mini-adults! <3

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  3. Yes,true as the soft flower turns finally to fruit some with hard shells. Nice.

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  4. That is so true, Ushaji. There is nothing as pure as innocence and it takes no time to vitiate that purity. Really wish children would remain innocent always.

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  5. And it would have been great of these innocence lasted forever. :)

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  6. Innocence is so endearing in children. Hope it lasts for a bit longer, though given the times we live in, the kids become 'worldly wise' pretty soon!

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