We are living highly distracted and fast-paced lives, where each and every second is accounted for. As soon as we’re done with a task, we rush to finish the next one. And no matter how efficiently we divide our time and attention, we’ll always run short of time. The next day, we wake up determined to finish all the pending tasks.
Our lives are completely controlled by electronic notifications and jam-packed agendas. We have become so busy that we have forgotten to live and enjoy the precious moments of life. Here, I am going to narrate a story of one such working lady, Rachel, who is a mother of 2 kids, Sarah and Sanah. Like other women, she was also occupied in her personal and professional life. The only difference in her lifestyle was she was so occupied in her professional life that she forgot to cherish the beautiful and innocent moments of her children, especially Sanah, her 6-year-old child. Like other kids, her carefree child wanted to experience the small joys of life ­ she wanted to enjoy nature, play with pets, interact with people, and do every small thing that would make her happy. But, her mother was so glued to her master schedule that she could not realize the needs of her daughter. What makes her feel happy, what makes her sad ­ she wasn’t aware of these teeny tiny things. Instead, her day would start with only two words – “Hurry Up”. These two words would be the beginning of whatever sentence she had to use.
“Hurry up, we are gong to be late.”
“Hurry up, brush your teeth.”
“Hurry up, have your bath and get dressed.”
“Hurry up, finish your breakfast fast.”
Although these two words were not that impactful, and would not increase the pace of her child, this is how her sentences used to begin.

Her life went on like this until, one day, she noticed how she had influenced her elder daughter, Sarah. Rachel was picking Sanah from kindergarten, and she was pretty slow in packing all her stuff. Suddenly, Rachel noticed her elder daughter Sarah, with her arms folded, telling Sanah, “Hurry up, you are so slow.”
That moment brought tears to Rachel’s eyes. She realized that all these years, she was treating her children so wrong. She did not let her children live the way they wanted. Instead, she forced them to go along with her pace.
Since then, she decided to cherish each and every moment of her children’s lives. Let them do stuff the way they wanted to, and slowly, she started enjoying watching her kids do things. She started spending more time with them by going to parks, restaurants, and every other place where her children were happy. This was an eye-opening moment for her, and since that day, she decided that she will never utter these two words in front of her daughters.
No matter how dedicated you are towards your work, there must be a perfect balance between your work and personal life. This is the only mantra to lead a happy life.