Few days back, my younger daughter Sanah turned one. One year back Dr. Deepak Sehgal handed a small delicate baby girl to me and today, this small girl crawls @ 100km per hour, tries to walk, doesn’t want to remain in anybody’s arms and wants to roam all over the place. She fights for things that she wants and doesn’t give up.
When we are kids we are so clear what we want and are not ready to compromise. But as we grow up, we start compromising too much, become “Normal” and somewhere we give up what gives us real happiness and start thinking about other people’s opinions.
Couple of years back my friend Manish and I were at Mumbai airport, when he saw Sushmita Sen at the lounge. He walked upto her, greeted her and spoke to her for few minutes. I felt awkward but he said “For few minutes some people here will think that I am a celebrity stalker. Should I think about people who I don’t know or do what gives me happiness?”
I didn’t agree with him fully till I read “The Greatness Guide” by Robin Sharma and then I understood what Manish meant.
I was boarding Jet airways flight from Mumbai to Delhi on 19th November and I saw Dharam PaaJi (Famous film star Dharmendra) standing next to me, in the bus to the aircraft.
Since childhood, I have wanted to meet four people: Gandhi Ji (Einstein was right), Rafi Saab (I feel this voice can belong to only an angel) , Dev Saab and Dharam PaaJi.
Here I was, standing right next to the person who I wanted to meet at least once in my life and I am sure I would have hesitated to start the conversation with him thinking that he might misunderstand me for a usual autograph chaser.
Thanks to Manish & Robin, I let the child in me do what I wanted to do. I waited till he was seated, then with his permission touched his feet. He said “Jeetey Raho” and I was so happy. Some people in the aircraft may have felt awkward but I fulfilled one of my long cherished wishes and didn’t feel awkward even for a second. I was just so happy.
This incident gave me some food for thought that I will share soon…
When we are kids we are so clear what we want and are not ready to compromise. But as we grow up, we start compromising too much, become “Normal” and somewhere we give up what gives us real happiness and start thinking about other people’s opinions.
Couple of years back my friend Manish and I were at Mumbai airport, when he saw Sushmita Sen at the lounge. He walked upto her, greeted her and spoke to her for few minutes. I felt awkward but he said “For few minutes some people here will think that I am a celebrity stalker. Should I think about people who I don’t know or do what gives me happiness?”
I didn’t agree with him fully till I read “The Greatness Guide” by Robin Sharma and then I understood what Manish meant.
I was boarding Jet airways flight from Mumbai to Delhi on 19th November and I saw Dharam PaaJi (Famous film star Dharmendra) standing next to me, in the bus to the aircraft.
Since childhood, I have wanted to meet four people: Gandhi Ji (Einstein was right), Rafi Saab (I feel this voice can belong to only an angel) , Dev Saab and Dharam PaaJi.
Here I was, standing right next to the person who I wanted to meet at least once in my life and I am sure I would have hesitated to start the conversation with him thinking that he might misunderstand me for a usual autograph chaser.
Thanks to Manish & Robin, I let the child in me do what I wanted to do. I waited till he was seated, then with his permission touched his feet. He said “Jeetey Raho” and I was so happy. Some people in the aircraft may have felt awkward but I fulfilled one of my long cherished wishes and didn’t feel awkward even for a second. I was just so happy.
This incident gave me some food for thought that I will share soon…
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