Lost and Found?

Everyone of us has a lost and found story as a kid. You don't? :o And I thought mine was the most boring childhood ever! :P

Anyway flashback to the time when I was a 3-year-old and Dad decided to take me to the 'Sunday market'. Sunday markets were the busiest of all days. It was so crowded that people had to wade through, squish-squashing each other.And what a ruckus it was, that even if you yelled at the top of your voice nobody would pay head! :/
So taking an hyper-active toddler to this brouhaha was definitely a mistake! :f

Well, so on that fateful day I had no idea how I let go my Dad's hand and wandered off on mine own. It took me a while to figure out that I had been lost. I looked around at all the passing legs and none belonged to Dad. I did try searching for the right pair of legs for a while, but finally gave up and retraced my steps back to Dad's scooter.
I have no idea how I found my way back as even being armed with a GPS these days, I'm never able find the same street again and even more thanks to Dad for choosing an 'outrageous blue' color, I could spot the scooter even from outer space! :P
So there I was waiting patiently for Dad to discover me and  after what seemed like ages, Dad turned up panting and the relief that flooded his face on seeing me perched on the scooter was immeasurable. I though had the look that it was the most obvious place you would find me! :P
However that put an end to Dad ever taking me to any place alone. He always made sure Mum was in tow to keep a watchful eye on me. ;)

But then again that misadventure did help me brag about my smartness to one and all over the years and also conjure up this post. :)

As kids whenever we we got lost, we somehow always seemed to find our way back with or without the help of some good Samaritan.

But now as grownups ,we tend to get lost on a whole new level and there seems to be no one who can direct us back , we just have to do it all by ourselves ... adjust our sails and paddle our way to the right destination.
But sadly we seem to have no clue about the right destination :(

As A Kid I Believed.........

• Stuffed toys came to life at night when we are all asleep, so I never owned one but now I have a cart-load of them. xD
• My grandparents lived in a 'black and white' world. And they prayed to God to make it colorful. ;)
• Only Mum knows everything, something I still believe in. Yes even Google just comes a close second! :P
• The nose would grow longer if I lied. So I have always been honest to the core!
• If I got 'good' grades ; I was a 'good' kid. Now you know why I was such a nerd! :f
• Ghosts and monsters could never penetrate my blanket. This still holds true! :)
• If we dig a hole deep enough in India we would get out in America
• Grownups were the 'happiest' people in the world since they did not have to take tests or exams.
• Everything had 'human emotions' even the furniture. So if I bumped into one, I would pat them and say 'Sorry' :$
• MAGIC exists!
• Kissing made babies. :r  Yes too much Bollywood movies I tell you.
• Crying my heart out when I realize my favorite clothes have shrunk. :c  A phenomenon that doesn't seem to cease even when I'm all grown up.
• Growing up would be the happiest thing that could ever happen. What the hell was I thinking! :|
• People I saw on TV, lived inside the TV.
• ATMs gave you money for free and only the card required to get the money was really expensive. So I was elated when my Dad finally got one! xD
• Dogs were all 'male' and cats where all 'female'. No idea why!
• If you accidentally ate seeds of a fruit, you would die. I was terrified to eat pomegranates.
• Strongly believed - 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away' and was totally annoyed when Mom dragged me to the doctor when I hurt my leg. :@
• Money grew on 'money-plants'. xD
• All the cartoon characters were real and they lived in Disneyland.
• You could never have more than one 'best friend'.
• All the grownups were intelligent. Well they did give pretty convincing performances. :P
• If you married the person you love, only then its 'true love' :$
• People died only when they got old. And I had a long way to go.... :f
• God would punish me if I did not finish everything on my plate. :o
• If I spoke to a stranger, they would kidnap me! :o
• The world was a tiny place. Only the people I knew or saw existed. Imagine my disappointment when I realized I did not know 'everyone' in the world! xD
• Before I learned to read and write, when I heard people spell out words I thought they were exchanging spy codes :r
• Nothing bad happens to good people!

Sadly these beliefs did not stick for long, ah growing up really sucks! :(