A Pause

Life is super fast in today's world. There is no time to relax, to speculate, to think, no time to laugh. The reason for this fast-paced life is nobody but we. We decide our life, we make it fast, we prefer to have quick showers instead of long bubble baths, we prefer to read magazines instead of books, we prefer to take flights instead of trains. All these definitely do help us save a lot of time but even this saved time is used to device other ways to save even more time. In today's world, a pause is necessary to stay sane. Give time to yourself, meet people, learn things, sing, dance, paint, walk...
Today, after a long and tiring trip to Agra, on my way back, I was planning to catch up on some left over work. We got to our berths and just as I was about to settle down 4 kids-2 girls aged 9 and 12 and 2 boys aged 7 and 9-came and sat with us. After that the next few hours were an unforgettable experience. We asked them everything starting from where they were from and ending at the Malayalam alphabet and they in turn asked us everything ranging from our names to our favourite colours.
They taught us Malayalam, told us about their dreams to become soldiers, I.A.S. officers and scientists, educated us about the must-see places in Kerala(which is where they were from), sand Malayalam songs for us, fed us some South Indian snacks and ofcourse topped it off by being sweet enough to let us borrow their smiles for a few photographs.
Time flew by and it is true, when you're having fun, time flies so for all those living life in the fast lane, start having fun and watch the sights fly by.