Being the youngest one in my family, I always connected well with the bedtime story of the youngest prince who could always kill the parrot in which the devil's soul used to lie. He brought back to life his elder brothers who had become stone statues in the great grand fortress of the devil. He also returned with the sweet princess of another friendly kingdom who was also under the pangs of the same devil. Then he marries the princess. Even though he is the youngest one, he gets the kingdom and then he rules for a long time and lives happily ever after.
This bedtime tale must be having some motive. Probably it is told to fill positivity in a young child, that even though you are so small, you can still be the ultimate winner. In real life too we often see young hard working people overtaking the wits of their adult counterparts and do things that elders never thought they will be able to.
I and my wife used to go to a sub-urban shop in my locality and the moment we used to see the father sitting on the counter, we used to return back. The reason was that the behaviour of the father was quite rude, while his son was just opposite. Whenever his son used to be there, we always enjoyed buying goods from that shop.
Age of a person is not a parameter to expect good behaviour from a person. It is not even a precondition to do heroics like killing the devil. Many times experienced people err in their behavioral skills. Positivity, courage, truthfulness are not age related and can easily be acquired at young age itself.
Dr. Sunil Ji Garg
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