The First Steps
After a long tiring day at work, you long for nothing but any single moment or sight that could suck up all the exhaustion from your body and cherish you for a while. One cold evening at my office, I witnessed the most captivating moment which was most desired at that time and would last in my memory for a long.
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In an open yard, surrounded by red-bricked buildings all around, a mother was sitting on the stairs looking at her child carrying the most anticipated expression on her face. A toddler, on the other side, wanted to be taken by her mother in her lap. But for that, he had to cross a distance of at least 20 feet which was between his mother and himself. A child sensed that he is not going to be rescued by his mother any sooner. As a result, he decided to help himself. Though he had never used his feet before for moving places, he was perplexed about how to manage his steps for the first time.
With a trembling body, he took his first step to reach his mother. The unexpected action broke the chains of deep thoughts his mother was in. She stood up from her place excitedly, took out her phone, and started recording the very first steps of her child. Each quivering step forward was making his mother’s heart pound. The frailty was visible in the child’s body but did not stop him from walking. The mother too was feeling contended to see her child learning how to walk. To ease the child, the mother came forward a little to reduce the distance. Once the child reached the finishing line, the mother took a few steps backward. The child looked at his mother with a scowl on his face. The facial expression on his face strongly disapproved the idea. However, the urge to be embraced by his mother inspired him to walk a few more steps. The mother repeated the action for few more times until she realized the confidence in her child’s walk. The frailty observed a few minutes earlier was now better. The child learned to balance his body and his steps both together. The reunion of mother and son was a sight to behold. The fulfillment of accomplishment was reflected in their faces. It was an uplifting, emotional, and heart-warming scene that certainly refreshed the mind and soul.
