To be calm when you’ve found something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Why, think of everything you’ve got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not”
The lines above is from 1970 Song ‘Father and Son’ by Cat Stevens. Stevens said in an interview later that ‘Father and son is for those who can’t break loose'
I have been given similar guidance from, who is my best friend first, My dad. I am his one down.
From bringing the best cricket balls available to newest note books in the market.
From getting me a carom board, the boxing gloves and basketball to making sure I play those. (That is where my sports love comes from)
From playing cricket with me to taking me to a cricket stadium.
From instilling curiosity to read to reading a story to me
From setting my room in a balcony for my study to writing my debate speeches and preparing me for quizzes.
From calling me sharp 9 PM to know if I have left office to not sleeping till I have reached home.
You are the epitome of what a Father should be. A son’s best friend. A fatherly figure embedded with a friend’s care and bonding.
You are my Morrie (from Tuesdays with Morrie) and Rocky Balboa wrapped in one. (Mental Strength and Core Strength
Have learnt a lot from you, but the most significant learnings come from the harshest of situations. And it was during a certain crises, that those lessons of compassion, resilience, resistance began to define my character for toughest periods. Thoughts do not change like the flip of a calendar but it takes huge amount of time to process inside and you realise later what is right and what is not
I have been blessed to be able to have that conversation with you about life, which impacts my thoughts and probably my decisions because Father and Son could be a trickiest of relationships with generational gap. Empathy: an ability to think from different perspective and then react to it, probably the most important lesson delivered time and time again. This is invaluable, because now being in the corporate world, it becomes a potent weapon
You have lived long enough to know why a certain situation exist as is, and which is exactly why during a crisis of thoughts, during a struggle for answers you are my No. 1 goto person.
I miss you more because, i am not able to call you at 6 in the evening to order what i want, to command a son's voice, or keep my wallet near yours to let you know i need money. But guess this is my toughest battle underway, and probably i need my toughest and staunchest critic by my side. Who makes me take the right path forward.
“It’s only when you grow up and step back from him-or leave him for your own home-its only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it”, could not have resonated more beautifully.
I was always your student and friend first, and then your son. And probably this is how it would always remain.Probably that sums up what I have been saying. Again, Thankyou is not enough. Happy Father’s Day Papa!! See you Soon!!
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