Silly Smile

I think one of the most wonderful things that I have come to enjoy in the past few months of being a Dad, is to watch my son smile and even sometimes laugh in his deepest sleep. It is just overwhelming. But it just hit me yesterday that he has been doing that lesser and lesser these days. So as I was in the process of coming to terms with the fact that I wont be seeing his blissful grin as often as I used to anymore, I realized something! An epiphany, if you will! :)

When Jay arrived into this world a tiny infant, he came with no cares. And the first weeks and months he was in a transition phase of realizing that he is not in the place where he came from, anymore. And, soon enough, he realized that fully and started to "worry" about things of this world and not about the "stuff" that used to be on his mind, prior to his ineffectual enlightenment....the "stuff" that brought him joy when he closed his eyes and made him cry when he opened it. But now that he has seen this world and the vain things it has to offer, the "stuff" has been replaced by "Barney" and "Buildings" and "Toys". And soon he will be a toddler, a teenager and then an adult and start pursuing the things that have no consequence at all!

Sad...but true isnt it?

Although it is impossible to remember the "stuff" anymore and not to "worry" about the cares of this world, I think we need to stop once in a while and set our priorities right, make sure we are chasing the right things and not the things that are futile in the eyes of eternity.

Smile a little, it does make a difference!

Peace!