ఆశయాలు – అప్పులు
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Dear Bhumi,
It's your father again with another letter!
We can not believe it's already been a month since you came to us as a blessing.
Your mother and I have been spending a few sleepless nights with you and it's all worth it. Looking at you sleeping peacefully at 5:00 AM after many struggles, it gives immense happiness for us and make us forget each sleepless night.
I heard stories of “sleepless nights” from other parents in the past but I had no idea how we would face these times. But now, after experiencing it first hand, these are not that bad. I guess parenthood gives all the energy and patience needed to face many challenges like these.
Today I want to talk about one specific topic, blood relations. I wanted to emphasize a couple of important points in blood relations.
I am sure you do not need any introduction to your mother and myself but I need to introduce a few more key people in our life.
While you are bonding with all our blood relations, I want you to always remember two things.
Distance does not matter:
Based on our family situations, phase of our life and various other reasons, we may be living near to a few members and little away from other members. Please remember, that is only due to the fact that we happen to be there at that phase of our life.
For instance, on the day you were born Nannamma, Pedananna, Peddamma, Vihan and Tanshi were with us here in the US. Maybe after a year or two, we may be with Ammamma, Tatayya, Mama, Atta, Purvaja and Vibha.
The amount of time you get to spend with any of them should not dictate the amount of love you have towards them. Always remember, they all are the same and everyone is equally important to us.
It's your mother’s and my responsibility to make sure you get enough time to spend with all of them.
Understand unconditional love:
This word “Unconditional love” is very popular but I see very few people are actually able to understand and follow this.
Word itself is very self explanatory, right?
Unconditional love. Affection without any limitations and love without conditions… That's it!
No expectations, no exchanges, no judgements, no comparisons, you just love them freely without expecting anything in return.
If you want to see this first hand, just think about how your mother loves you. Even if you break her heart sometimes, she will never stop loving you. It's extremely difficult to be like mothers in this aspect but trust me, even a little improvement in this direction is extremely powerful.
If you mix this “Unconditional love” with what I explained earlier about “Accept people as they are”, that is the best. Once you are able to follow these, over time, you will have zero comments and complaints about people & how they behave. Trust me, that will increase your happiness exponentially.
If Vihaan or Vibha does something you do not like, conditional love may tell you to complain but unconditional love pushes you to love them despite of that. I will let you experience these kinds of things first hand in the coming years, but don't worry, I am always preparing myself to answer deep questions you are going to ask related to these sensitive topics.
I am sure time will be keep flying while we see you growing up. We want you to build meaningful relationships in your journey and we will make sure to create that environment for you.
I wish you the best, Bhumi!
With Love,
Your Father