Natter

I had a conversation with 5-year-old me.
The 5-year version of me is so playful, lively and carefree. She loves to enact characters to entertain her kith and kin.

Last evening, me and my 5-year-old version were sitting in our verandah and listening to the birds chirping while devouring our favourite ice-creams.

She was telling me about her friend with whom she had a fight few hours ago. She was saying all nice things about her. I asked her, 'Are you not angry from your friend for cheating in carrom-board? She said, 'No, not at all. Why would I? It was just a game." I again threw a question at her, "But she was just so rude, and you hate it when someone cheats. Don't you? How can you forgive her?" She said to me, "She is my friend. We play all day together. She does so much for me. We both are a shield for each other in school. Last time, she punched Rahul in his face for mocking me. I kicked Jay because he pushed her and she fell and bruised her leg. After these two incidents nobody dares to mess with us. We are a team, proud girl squad. Fights happen, its okay, we are like this only, we are used to it. She said sorry, she was genuinely feeling bad for whatever she did; and I said, its fine. Now everything is normal between us. We don't think much about it."

After answering me, she said, 'Now can I eat my ice-cream? Else, it will melt. And then you will have to buy me another one. I don't like to waste ice-cream, you know that very well. I said smiling, 'Sure!' and continued to eat my scoop.

That small conversation with her, made me realize that the main problem which I now face is "over-thinking" and making things complicated.

As we grow old, we tend to forget that life is not about holding grudges; we should not cling on negativity. We should stick to positivity. Everyone has good and bad traits in them. If someone wronged us. We shouldn't forget whatever good they had done for us in the past. We shouldn't forget the happy moments we have spent together.

And, over-thinking is a devil which needs to be tackled and conquered. We should learn to enjoy life's little moments.

Also, when life becomes miserable, just look towards your younger version. May be, you get an answer; because, sometimes, what we were as a kid has answers to our complicated questions.

A lot has changed in these years, but what has not changed is, love for nature and also, 'me and my 5-year-old version love ice-cream'. So much so that we can trade the world for it. *Just Kidding*