When your child was born br You might have learned certain lessons br As he or she was growing br The child would have been br Teaching lessons br Which you were not learning br From anywhere else br You would have found the lessons br Tough and difficult to absorb br As basics and fundamentals br Language used by the faculty br Methodology of teaching br Were quite different br Most of the time unstructured br Unmindful of your moods br The teacher would have kept you br Loaded with lessons difficult to decipher br The classes were far unique and br Very specially different br From any of the formal institution br Which were preparing you br For making a life br The lessons here aimed at br Making you live fully alive and aware of br Absolute realities br You would agree br Learning these never made you tired br And you were enthusiastically looking for br New lessons to come up br By the time br Your child has grown up br And stopped teaching you any further br Your grand child arrives br Now the lessons turn tougher still br Despite all the experiences in life and living br Your learning is quite difficult now br The teacher is in a great hurry br And often keeps changing br The course of lessons br You find new reasons br For things happening around br And you see yourself br In new enthusiasm br Which you feel will help you live br Longer still br With enough energy, strength and skill br In spite of the fact that br Your grandchild has tougher lessons to teachbr br Bashyam Narayananbr br