What a break!! We had a wonderful vacation in Kerala. Whenever we plan
for a vacation, Rohit
will always have only one request, he would want us to book a room in a hotel which has Swimming pool. Don’t assume that he knows swimming, he will just soak himself
in water for hours and be happy about that.
This time when we started planning our vacation, I felt that
we should teach Rohit to swim before going for vacation so that he can have
real fun of being in the swimming pool. One day Josephine told me that she has enrolled for swimming class and she has
completed 6-7 days of class and she has learnt the basics of swimming. She
suggested that place for Rohit and also said I can also learn as the classes
are from 6 AM to 7 AM (without impacting office schedule)
I liked that idea but as always I had an apprehension about
me learning a new skill that too at this age!! And that too along with Rohit!! Josephine
motivated me. When I got little confidence, I told Kumaran about this, he also encouraged
me to enroll. Our classes started on 4th May, Rohit and I were put in different batches (little
relief for me that I need not get embarrassed in front of him if I fail to
learn)
As expected, Rohit started picking up fast and even I started
learning to float, kick and even move!!! Rohit got a better coach comparing to
mine (You see, otherwise I would have learnt better than Rohit J), so he used to come
and share few tips for me and my new friends in our batch.
At the end of 12 days, we learnt basic swimming. During our
trip, all 3 of us spent good time in the swimming pool. I still remember,
during our previous vacation trips, I used to sit and safeguard the belongings
of these two boys and click pictures for them, but this time, I got two boys to
click pictures while I was swimming. What a medical miracle!!! J I would like to Thank Josephine
for being my role model and encouraging me to enroll, Thank you so much
Josephine. Special mention to Kumaran (even if he comes back home from office at around 11
PM or 12 AM, he never hesitated to get up at 5:15 AM and join us for the class).
My mentor once mentioned that one of the key leadership qualities
is learning agility. I had my own doubts about learning new things now.
But the fact that I have learnt swimming has given me confidence that age is
not a barrier for anyone to learn something new. All we need to do is to set a
goal for us and work towards that. With this addition of new skill in my
personal profile, I have started preparing a list of things that I would want
to learn which includes Learning Hindi L
(somehow this never clicks for me, anyone has got suggestion please?) and car
driving (another problematic area, at least for the safety of others on the
road)
