Dear Little Princess,
We usually pray silently. In a peaceful quite environment we feel comfortably connected to the Almighty. We express our submission to Him in silence and it is sacred. So is the expression “I love you” – we should treat this sacredly! Our insipid use has made us callous about it. But the authenticity and emotions that are associated with this expression can and should only be felt by heart. Our hearts somehow figure out a lot of things where the logical part of the brain fails and it is odd not to feel ecstatic when we experience love. I wish when you are reading my letters, you would feel the warmth resonance of my love for you.
The religious books that I read or browse always talk about big palace, lush green meadows, clear fountains that runs beneath the feet, alcohol free wine, etc. to describe paradise. I guess these are common things that many people want in order to be happy and heaven is the ultimate place for happiness. An important item is missing from this description, it is a place where time and decay does not affect a dad child relationship. They stay the same for each other for the eternity!
You got to know something else. Not all parents are as fortunate as we are. No amount of gratitude is enough towards the Almighty for granting us such blessings! We are blessed with numerous hours, evenings, afternoons and mornings just to see you play, walk, stumble, jump, laugh, make faces, give hugs, eat grapes and so many other things! We are blessed to have Shaffat Cha-cha as your youngest uncle. He took many great pictures of yours and created a superb web site for all of us to share. We are blessed that all your grand parents at least had a chance to see you. I hope you treasure their love when you grow up.
July is upon us once again – you will turn 2 this year. I am not gifted enough to spell out how much of your love-aura encircled me for the past year. Your mom and I have been through a lot of rough time during this period – you are too young to remember all these. But your gaudy spirit of essence stayed with me at all times. No matter where I am physically when you are reading this, just believe that I am wraped around in your being. You know we can see very little because of the limitation of our retina but we are able to feel the infinity with our heart. My spirit will always stay connected with you because I outpaced the change by freezing moments in photographs, sculpting words to express affections and creating timbre of love that will last for eons.
One last word (a dad always preaches), you will have about 20 thousand or more opportunities in your lifetime to see the sun rise on the eastern sky. Make an effort to watch one of these heavenly events while sipping a hot cup of Masala tea. Drape your life with these simple and inexpensive things. Don’t chase happiness – it’s like your shadow. The more you want to get close to it, the more it runs away. Bath in the sea of silence; feel connected to the infinity. You will be surprised!
Baba (July, 05)