<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350715" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>That child, my mentor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">That child, my mentor </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Morning<br>On my return from the temple<br>After chanting prayers for half an hour<br>I was walking contemplating<br>On the contents of the prayers<br>Thoughts suddenly switched over<br>The chores ahead for the day<br>The places, offices and people to visit<br>So that days to come<br>Will go smoothly<br>I was ecstatic over my skills, knowledge and what not<br>And over my negotiating strengths<br>I allowed me to feel great and confident<br>That I will able to sail through my life<br>Independently and without anyone driving it for me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My thoughts got a break<br>A cycle bell ringing<br>And the cyclist overtaking me<br>But riding the cycle very slow and steady<br>Almost bracing my right shoulder<br>Just keeping its pace matched with my speed of walk<br>I saw that baby girl<br>Probably of three years<br>Sitting on the back of the cycle<br>With both her legs safely kept away on side footrests<br>Her long frock's glittering border fluttering <br>Apparently enjoying the breeze blowing across<br>And posing confidence<br>Leaving everything to her dad, who was riding the cycle<br>Waving her hands this way that way<br>And singing a song<br>Making me realize that she is the happiest<br>Among the two of us</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was awakening to the fact<br>That the prayers chanted by me<br>Just were mentioning this<br>Leave everything to God<br>And He will drive your life<br>He knows where to take you and <br>He will take you there safely</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that child moving away me<br>Whose face I did not even see<br>Is my mentor</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350715" data-title="That child, my mentor de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="That child, my mentor Morning On my return from the temple After chanting prayers for half an hour I was walking contemplating On the contents of the prayers Thoughts suddenly switched over The chores ahead for the day The places, offices and pe..."></div> </div> </div>

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