Role Models and a Learning that Continues...Blogadda #MyRoleModel

Role Models... I'm at the cross roads again.Deadlines hound me...like a greyhound barking at my ankles. Make it a myriad of dogs snapping at my ankles and trying to snip of my denim clad ankles...I shed my shoes a long time ago... God knows why the words don't come to me on time. Always in the nick of time. We came home to the parents yesterday ,enroute for some work.So this blogpost about the #MyRoleModel would not have been possible otherwise ,fortitude or what this is. I seem to be born to chase deadlines. All the phones and cameras we own,we never took any selfies ,the parents and I. So here is the selfie list..

This is a selfie at our favorite point -the computer. We are two girls, my sister and I. She is the technically happening person in our house. My dad is the quickest at stuff...always able to master commands and fantasticically adept at handling a screwdriver or other tools.He is the one who made sure that his daughters and wife are never helpless in the face of circumstances. He is a strongly opinionated man ,of very directed likes and dislikes .And the comments...you really pity the person on the other side. He is my role model, in fact ,both the parents are my role models. Both are the strongest influences in my life.

The story of my life is determined by them. These are the people who I turn to in happiness and in joy and in pain. I have learnt from them,its OK if things don't work out. I have learnt from them that if you fall, you need to wipe your tears and dust your knees and begin to walk again. I have learnt that its its OK to feel pain. I have learnt that its OK to accept a certain amount of madness and imperfection in life ,even if you don't like it. I have learnt that besides money,it is of great importance to earn goodwill and keep friends. I have learnt that its OK to crib at times ,but it is important to at least pretend to be OK,pretend that things can only get better. I have learnt from them that things do indeed get better. I have learnt from them that hope is eternal. I have learnt that you are never too old to learn ,or teach.

I have learnt that things will indeed get better,if I believe that they will. I have learnt to believe in me. I have learnt that there is nothing stronger than my belief in my self. I have learnt that, that is all it takes to tide you over the slipperiest of paths. I have learnt to walk tall and keep a smile on my lips, even if there is abject darkness inside. I have learnt to be proud of myself and my accomplishments,no matter how insignificant. They, my mom and my dad are my role models...#MyRoleModels are my parents. They are what keep me grounded. They are what keep me soaring. They are they wind beneath my wings...at the risk of sounding too clichéed. They are the ones who I look up to,and hope I can convey the same optimistic faith in oneself to my son.

Even though Rahul Dravid is happy to award this status to his dad...I'd like to give this to both.OK, the razor is good for dad...Women can be role models too... I was going to reserve this honor for my dad,but then he is inseparable from my mum...

So who am I to divide them. Even if the selfies are not that great,the love is. And today ,hope eternal...I hope I can post this on time. For #MyRoleModels For mum and dad. I love you.


I am writing about #MyRoleModel as a part of the activity by Gillette India in association with BlogAdda.com.