Do you believe in ghosts? If not, you cannot enter the beautiful world of Calvin (cartoon character) or for that matter Ishan Awasthi (Taare Zameen Par).
Calvin who searches for 'devils' before he steps into his bed is yet to enter the 'horrible' world of adults. Till then, he can indulge in searching ghosts and aliens.
Have you noticed the beautiful world a child weaves around himself...observing a tad different things from others and being happy even if he/she is alone. What does an infant do, when he's left alone? You would say, he'll cry. No, he won't until he is imagining beautiful things. But the moment he imagines something dreadful, he will howl like anything.
We have heard many children say - "look there is a ghost out there....you can't see him but he knows what we do." Of course, one has to console them and make them believe that ghosts don't exist, so that they stop fearing from them.
But why stop them from imagining? One should in fact join in their discussion by making ghosts an object of fun instead of fear....
I remember my mom saying this to me - "Even if ghosts exist, they can't harm us, as human beings are the most powerful creature."
I simply loved to imagine that I am having an encounter with ghosts and they are discussing a variety of things with me.
Children love to explore, on the contrary adults despise change..... If we tell them to believe in ghosts and aliens..they would say - "where is the scientific proof?" They will try to sort out things with their so called logic and will fail to explore various possibilities...
Calvin who searches for 'devils' before he steps into his bed is yet to enter the 'horrible' world of adults. Till then, he can indulge in searching ghosts and aliens.
Have you noticed the beautiful world a child weaves around himself...observing a tad different things from others and being happy even if he/she is alone. What does an infant do, when he's left alone? You would say, he'll cry. No, he won't until he is imagining beautiful things. But the moment he imagines something dreadful, he will howl like anything.
We have heard many children say - "look there is a ghost out there....you can't see him but he knows what we do." Of course, one has to console them and make them believe that ghosts don't exist, so that they stop fearing from them.
But why stop them from imagining? One should in fact join in their discussion by making ghosts an object of fun instead of fear....
I remember my mom saying this to me - "Even if ghosts exist, they can't harm us, as human beings are the most powerful creature."
I simply loved to imagine that I am having an encounter with ghosts and they are discussing a variety of things with me.
Children love to explore, on the contrary adults despise change..... If we tell them to believe in ghosts and aliens..they would say - "where is the scientific proof?" They will try to sort out things with their so called logic and will fail to explore various possibilities...
Let's discover the child in us once again....and then may be who knows we may surprise people around us with our out-of-the-box thoughts....
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