Thunder Lightning

A few months back it was heavy rainy day in Ahmedabad. Dark sky was thundering loudly. I was driving the car to the school to get my daughter. I thought, my six year old daughter must be scared by loud thundering and lightning.

When I reached there, I saw her inside the school building with her group of friends—all were smiling at the sky with closed eyes—waiting for lighting to flash. Seeing all cute kids wrapped up into a colourful raincoat with hoods on—brought smile on my face.

I call my daughter and she ran to me calling ‘daddy....’

I took her school bag and cradled her.

I asked her, “Why you all were smiling at the sky?? Is it a kind of game or what?”

She giggled like a melodious bell, “No daddy, God is taking our pictures so we need to look good, that is why...”

I laughed and thought to myself, ‘Life is so simple when we are kid, we make it complicated as we grow old...’