Saturday, December 15, 2012

Nothing much has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the Big Bad Wolf!

You read about extreme acts of violence all the time. Killing is either premeditated or driven by passion. Most of the times atleast. And then every once-a-while along comes a random, mindless act of violence that numbs you because you just cannot figure it out. Why would anyone want to pull a gun on a child?

What could be a more pleasant sound to the ears than the soft-breathing of a sleeping child. It takes little for these guys to know pure joy; A struggling dragonfly held by its tail between their thumb and pointer. Tom and Jerry. Snakes and Ladders. Monopoly. Jigsaw Puzzles. Hop-Skip-Jump. Watch them dream with their eyes open when you read out a story. They are an extremely rare combination of a beautiful mind and an unprejudiced heart. While we may pretend that we are teaching them about life, the truth is a child teaches us what life is all about. Why would anyone want to pull a gun on someone like that?