Boundaries..

I strongly believe in one fact of life, no two people are same. Each human has a mindset and he or she evolves out of his or her circumstances. I find it very wierd when people thrust their thought process on others. I partucularly hate it when people try to impose their thought process on kids. Given that i am vacationing at home these days, i have lots of time to play with my nephew. There is a huge park infront of my home and i like to take the baby out in evening. We both go out to park and play with his pink ball. The smile and excitement on his face shows that his spirit is free and he wants to observe and explore the world. I saw a couple with their baby in the park. They had marked an area for him to play, everytime the baby came out of it, he was awarded with a slap. After some time i noticed that the kid sat with the ball in one corned and was afraid to walk or run around. I feel sad for such people. They have filled an innocent explorative mind with fear and contempt. Its these grown up idiots who know fear and boundaries. Kids should be set free, dont impose your learnings of ages and years on them. Protect them and run after them if needed, dont stop them. I so wanted to pull the baby out of the boundary. His parents dont realize may be, but just for the want of comfort of sitting in small space, they have contracted the world of a free soul.
There is more to learn from kids than learn from them. I see the untiring desire to learn and do, humility to ask what they dont know, undying enthusiasm to try everything in life. This gets faded with time in all of us because either society or our experiences set boundaries and fade away the life within. There is no wrong and right answer to anything in life. What works for one , does not work for another, then why impose thoughts and learnings. Set everyone free and let then find their own solutions. My dad always did that, for every question he had just one answer, "My life answered it this way, but it could be different for you, go find yourself. Remember, i am right behind you, if you fall once, i will life up, second time you fall, its harm done by choice."
He indeed meant that there are no hard lines in life, just go and create your own. I went to the parents of baby in park and told that they had closed the baby's smile and play in a circle, he dsnt like it, may be they need to run and find new boundaries with him.