5 Life changing OUTCOmes of Summer Vacation - 2020
This question never arrived in early years.
Summer vacation plans used to be crafted just after final exams in March. There were unlimited places to explore whether in India or overseas. But, this was special summer vacations, kids were at home from last 3.5 months and has insatiable thirst to move out and thrill.
Sometimes, we forget that we have immense power within us. You must have heard about God HANUMAN's inner power story. Hanuman was not aware about his inner potential, he was reminded to look back, introspect and explore the hidden power in him that he can FLY and cross the BIG OCEAN with ease.
Similar was our case, we never knew all those past years that we have a GREAT PLACE to visit during SUMMER VACATIONS - 2020. We initiated our journey to this place by putting our bags in CAR. To see a family moving out with bags having smile and excitement on face is a rare phenomenon nowadays during COVID-19 season.
Hence, one of my friend asked, where are you going? I said, out of station for celebrating summer vacations. Her immediate question with surprise & hope on her face was, Are Hotels open?, Don't you feel it is risky to visit tourist places.
THAT WAS THE MOMENT, I felt that I am very lucky, I have my VILLAGE, farms, people having unconditional love to shower on me and my kids eagerly waiting for me.
VILLAGE - our ROOTS is what we have FORGOTTEN all our last years. Today, my VILLAGE is giving me a feeling how fortunate I am and my kids who have a place to visit, own & stay. It is home sweet home for us.
Generation Z kid enjoying Tubewell pool
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| Mango Orchard |
5 OUTCOMEs of Summer Vacation 2020
- LOVE
When
my kids met the neighbours along with extended family members (
Nana-Nani-Chacha-Chachi-Mausa-Mausi-Bua-Foofa-Didi-Bhaiya & cousions) they
were showered with pure LOVE. Kids understood the whole village is OUR FAMILY.
Everyone, no matter sitting in the house or outside the house used to call and ask our
wellness as if they know my kids from birth. This magical feeling has pressed
them to understand the meaning of LOVE, which they never have felt in cities.
Showering Love
My two kids, one is 9 & other 17 years (Generation Z kid) felt,
got astonished & later accepted the lifestyle of INNOCENCE & SIMPLICITY.
People used to speak their heart. They were not wearing branded clothes but yet
they were very HAPPY. In the evening, when we used to sit on our roof, the kids
of neighborhood played simple games and used to laugh, cherish and were out of
the world. Roofs were connected in villages. My kids learnt to move from one roof
to another & play with them, without judging their status & played
games. My kids were able to imbibe that there is a world without gadgets also
which is REAL & HAPPY. They enjoyed.
Neighborhood - simple & full of Love
Her brother of age 15
years was highly skilled in electric work since his father was electrician. He
knew the work of battery making ( understands acids, bases, ions etc.) since
he used to do hands on. His elder brother was studying in AMU
and was preparing for IAS.
The village has PhDs from AMU and were full of
simplicity & felt pride in doing small household/farm chores. Village is
full of talent, they have great COMMON SENSE which we living in city have
forgotten to use. They have great SQ ( Spiritual & Social Quotient).
Definitely, their EQ (Emotional Quotient) is far better than us. They even
understand the emotions of ANIMALS (Cattle). My kids till then understood, the
villagers are far more successful & happy than us.
Lady Entrepreneur in veil - Selling Mangoes
Our Mango Orchards are given
to care taker. How the care takers are taking care of the fields and how the
owner takes care of the care takers is a superb learning. Without having any
attendance scanner, everything runs on BELIEF, FAITH, LOVE & RESPECT for
each other. My kids saw how the caretaker's whole family was involved happily
in making the BUSINESS successful.
The touched, felt all types of leaves. They saw and took the fragrance of
vegetables like lady finger, brinjal, tomatoes, ridge gourd, lemons, chillies,
cucumber etc.
They met cows, buffaloes, ox, goats and generated the feeling of
COMPASSION. Their morning's wake up ALARM was PEACOCK's melodious voice along
with birds chirping.
The BEST FUN activity was SWIMMING in the POOL of water by TUBEWELL. The water was as cool as Ganga water full of freshness & cleanliness.
They also saw canals whose water is used in irrigating fields.
They also saw
the big leaf of vegetable ARBI (TARO ROOT) which are also used as vegetables.
They saw a fruit of Indian Fig Tree, which has many small insects in it. They
touched cow dung hill and took out husk for animals. They sat on bullock cart. They
made toys from clay brought from pond.
Me along with my kids experienced NATURE
very closely to LEARN & REJUVENATE.
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| Lady Finger in fields |
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Arabi ( Taro root) leaves - Big
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| Bullock Cart |
Making Toys with pond clay & husk
Peacock - walking
Last but not
least, the trip was a great learning experience and one day weather made it
more beautiful than any European place.
It is greatly advised, to connect the
kids and even yourself with roots for learning LIFE SKILLS. It will be LIFE
CHANGING experience full of fun filled, value based applied learning.
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Weather - Magic on fields
Sunset
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