My Dear Rishi,
Finally, after two months we spoke today for 15 minutes. I was so happy to hear your voice, you said I love you Daddy. Rishi, your voice and what you said was music to my ears love.
Earlier in the week it was Halloween. Halloween is celebrated in Canada & US, on October 31. On this day children go out to play trick-or-treat. They dress up as ghosts, witches,princess, cartoon characters or other characters and visit homes in their neighborhood. They ring doorbells and, when someone answers, they call out "trick-or-treat". This means that they hope to receive a gift of candy or other snacks and that they are threatening to play a trick if they do not get anything. Usually, they receive a treat and tricks are rarely carried out.
About 100 kids from my neighbourhood showed up at my place for Trick & Treat. I had about 3 kgs of candies and I gave all the candies. The kids ranged from 3 years to 12 year old. It was so much fun just watching them and I wished you were here with me. . I really missed you Rishi, I wish you were here, we would have gone for trick & treat. You could have dressed up as a Batman.
When I was about 9 my mommy told me this story. This was one of my favourite stories as a kid. I wanted to share this with you Rishi.
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a poor farmer came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the farmer laid down his basket of vegetables and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the farmer picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.
The farmer learned what many of us never understand! Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.
Rishi, in life as you grow up you will face many obstacles, you will always have a choice, a choice to accept obstacles and do nothing about it and give up or face the obstacles and over come them. I learnt my lesson when i was attending a scouts camp in IX grade. We were being trained to climb a small hill. It was rather overwhelming for us . One of my teachers said, use the outcrops of rock which a appear like obstacles to get a foot hold and climb the hill. I never forgot the lesson I learned from that experience as I was able to relate to this story my mommy used to tell me. Although, I did not find gold coins, I received a badge for successfully climbing a steep hill. The biggest take away for me was to learn to use the obstacles on my path to pull myself to the top and never let obstacles faze you or keep you down. This experience also taught me how to connect the dots that is the story my mommy used to tell me with words of my teacher i.e. using the obstacles to get a foot hold. This is really important skill, I learned this and developed it through out my life.
Next week I will write the story I read to you today during our call.
With Lots of Love, Hugs & Kisses,
Daddy
Finally, after two months we spoke today for 15 minutes. I was so happy to hear your voice, you said I love you Daddy. Rishi, your voice and what you said was music to my ears love.
Earlier in the week it was Halloween. Halloween is celebrated in Canada & US, on October 31. On this day children go out to play trick-or-treat. They dress up as ghosts, witches,princess, cartoon characters or other characters and visit homes in their neighborhood. They ring doorbells and, when someone answers, they call out "trick-or-treat". This means that they hope to receive a gift of candy or other snacks and that they are threatening to play a trick if they do not get anything. Usually, they receive a treat and tricks are rarely carried out.
About 100 kids from my neighbourhood showed up at my place for Trick & Treat. I had about 3 kgs of candies and I gave all the candies. The kids ranged from 3 years to 12 year old. It was so much fun just watching them and I wished you were here with me. . I really missed you Rishi, I wish you were here, we would have gone for trick & treat. You could have dressed up as a Batman.
When I was about 9 my mommy told me this story. This was one of my favourite stories as a kid. I wanted to share this with you Rishi.
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a poor farmer came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the farmer laid down his basket of vegetables and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the farmer picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.
The farmer learned what many of us never understand! Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.
Rishi, in life as you grow up you will face many obstacles, you will always have a choice, a choice to accept obstacles and do nothing about it and give up or face the obstacles and over come them. I learnt my lesson when i was attending a scouts camp in IX grade. We were being trained to climb a small hill. It was rather overwhelming for us . One of my teachers said, use the outcrops of rock which a appear like obstacles to get a foot hold and climb the hill. I never forgot the lesson I learned from that experience as I was able to relate to this story my mommy used to tell me. Although, I did not find gold coins, I received a badge for successfully climbing a steep hill. The biggest take away for me was to learn to use the obstacles on my path to pull myself to the top and never let obstacles faze you or keep you down. This experience also taught me how to connect the dots that is the story my mommy used to tell me with words of my teacher i.e. using the obstacles to get a foot hold. This is really important skill, I learned this and developed it through out my life.
Next week I will write the story I read to you today during our call.
With Lots of Love, Hugs & Kisses,
Daddy
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