On a November morning I stood on the sixth floor terrace of our penthouse staring at the endless carpet of coconut trees. My mid term results (as ‘pathetic’ as always had arrived just the day before) and the annual season of worthlessness had just set in. That was the era when marks were meant to be a metric of more than just academic merit.

I did feel like taking a giant leap for a moment to end it all and then something happened. Out of sheer Grace, something shifted within me and I felt I had to change the way things were for my children (whenever they happened!). Not sure how but that was the most compelling maternal instinct that changed the course of life for a 16 year old!

This is something I try to practice consciously. Never ever let my inadequacies reflect as demands on my team, children and students. And I stopped ‘fixing’ my kids, team members, et al. I do falter at times, but I am convinced some traits are best not transmitted to GenNext genetically or otherwise. Let’s celebrate our Children and those who look up to us!