Be in "Thy shoes "

 A phone encounter during this pandemic made me write this episode. 

Other day I was on the phone with my friend, other end I could hear her cringes about "online School" for young kids and a comparison between two siblings. I was just explaining to her the elder kid has been exposed to online school at the age of ten while the younger has been given this at tender age of six or seven. Imagine the plight, for the children, it is just another toy to play with. He or she is not going to sit through the class and listen all the more concentrate enough to understand and reciprocate. 

 In life we face many problematic situations. Allow me tell you how I analyze the same situation and find solutions. I substitute myself for the person who is facing difficulty, what if It had been me ? What would I have done if I was at that age ? What exposure would I have received? The same goes vice versa too. If you are accusing one of not accomplishing or not achieving? Had it been myself would I have completed it? Think at another person's length and then arrive at a decision. 

In the above example I cited, I am just analyzing the situation from a six year child point of view. You have given me a toy, I haven't had it before or hardly knew anything about it. Before even I can understand all about it, you are asking me to play with it. As a parent we are understanding the mental blockage, all the more , we want them to work on it at the earliest. Another important point to be noted, that same toy can be used for playing as well as learning. But a child being a child chooses the first instead of the later. His/her brain is not yet developed. We are coercing it . 

Think of it this way, you are given a tool at this age itself and you don't know the dynamics of that tool, but your employer or your family wants you to produce a product out of it. Will it be even possible?    

 Hardly I have met such people during my lifetime, who analyze it this way. Look into your life from a different angle. You will be amazed at the results.