The day was interesting with my daughter. We both were discussing about different stories that we had experienced from our reading. From childhood it's very much interest to read weekly magazines which we use to buy at home. The edition was in Mother tongue which helps to learn the stories deep. Day by day the habit changed to share the stories which I read. Later in college days the habit changed to read in try to understand English language books and magazines. One of my relative aunty, Ms.Geetha who was living near to our house insisted me to concentrate on vocabulary development. I found difficult in hard words and to know its meaning. To make me comfort I skipped the words and was understanding half the sense. It had shown me that I was loosing my interest to read. Years after I got a chance to work in a school. There I started to prepare reading skill along with writing ability. Anyhow its must to prepare for teaching. Along with it, I made a chance to read subject books from the book shelf at school to narrate the children with values. I found my own ability that I started to use dictionary. Soon I could apply those words I learned, and accept that it was only due to school children who have taught me that morethan learning, teaching is the greatest teacher. Yes, through teaching, I could remember many stories and was able to share as an example to other people while discussing various topics. I am happy that I was made literally in own shade. I also assure that opportunity is through my parents and school management, especially to my school children. Later in busy living schedule, I didnot find time to read. since 2013, again I started to mould myself. It was an accident, where I met one of my relative uncle, Mr. Chenbagaraman (IPS). He was retired during my meet and nomore now. He invited my family for a tea time when he came to know that we were living to his nearby area in Chennai city. We had a very good and useful time with him. He took us to his office room in the first floor where I could see many books in a shelf. While talking he said, that he was doing his distance learning education in different courses as he fell love in studying different topics. Our discussion moved on to my studies and he suggested me to continue my studies and also he immediately rang to one of his friend to collect details regarding the admission. Now, I started to open up my hard time, which I was surveying. The point he insisted me was to carry a book where ever I go and to concentrate on reading different topics. He also added, if not get time to read, just like that to take a book in hand always however at any time we might feel bore and will open that book to view. I liked his words and I resolute that I should do carry a book with me anytime. After months, it happened the same as he said, to open the book I had in my hand bag while a long travel. Heartfully, I thank God! for that chance to meet my uncle and I pray for his soul. And then, I got an another opportunity was my school library in my home town. There, I tried many journals related to mind and intellect. From the time to till, I am addict to read on books. Slowly, I became a sharer of different knowledge I earned from reading and to guide different people whom I cross in needed area. And then I did a course of guidance and concentrated to learn about 'how to handle different types of kids and adults?' It took few years to understand various types of human minds and behaviours. Faced so many ups and downs. I concluded that only experience could teach, where again I got the answer as, only teaching will teach morethan learning. Finally my constant stand is effective learning. My sharing of points, I studied had made my daughter also to follow in her days when she was 8 years. She started to imitate few activities of mine. Her attempt was reading and listening to motivational speech. I am very much happy that still she is doing the same. She had proved that she is default in practising things in which she got attracted. I would like to point here is she is very clear to clarify her any kind of doubts with me by sharing her experience as I do. Recently, she shared me a story which she read in a magazine. Let me share it with you dear readers!!! There lived a married couple in a village. They changed their resident to a town due to his official promotion. Everyday, the wife use to go to the balcony to dry their washed clothes. She could see her neighbour house. The woman from that house would have dried their clothes in the open space. It happens daily. The new family woman, turn to her husband saying that the clothes spread in the next house is very dirt and the lady didnot know to wash the clothes neatly. This happened for a month. But the husband kept silent for her words. He didnot gave any reply for a month to his wife. He took her words as women are so. One day when his wife was drying the clothes, he moved on to the upstairs. As he expected, she started complaining the neighbour woman showing the clothes dried to the next balcony. Keeping silent, he wiped and cleaned the glass window in their balcony with a cloth and asked her to notice the clothes now. She stood feeling guilty for her misunderstanding. The glass window in the couples house was dirt and the clothes were not. Now, the husband told to his wife to open eyes and to identify self dirts and to clean it first. Also no people have rights and time to notice others faults and growth. It is our own behaviour to change faulting others. If sometimes, we find wrong on others, it could be rectified with proper guidance using polite words. If they agree or not, no matter to extend it. As the dirty window, our mind has to be cleaned with values and goodness. We could purify our mind and brain through the experience of life. Particularly, do read which supports to guide self. Reading willnot allow us to seek and depend others. It only directs to think, view and to walk in an effective manner. Hearing this story from my daughter, I thought of to scoop her with different topics to go through in her life. She is also awaiting for daily experience gathering a story through reading. I suggest my readers also to feed your children and known people to spend an hour in a page or on a quote and to share it. First allow self to practise and believe it happens gradually among our children from us. Let walk with a readily pages in our hand. I take this opportunity to thank Ms.Geetha aunty and
Mr.Chenbagaraman uncle. My thanks to God for this opportunity.
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