A day well spent at the Park            

This narration is based on an outdoor activity of a girl accompanied by her father. It was a sunny afternoon, when a little girl Emma has a day out at the park with her daddy. In the pictures, she is seen enjoying a swing ride with her daddy as he gave her one push after another. With only limited time with his four year old daughter, the dad is making every moment count. This picture shows the dad and daughter binding big time at the play scape.

Emma wore her curly hair in a ponytail. Emma gets to ride in the swing and careen up and down as her proud father stayed close by. The girl seems to be having fun looking at the surroundings and observing people around her at the park. The dad is making it fun by pushing her high with his strong arms until the little girl burst into peals of joy. At a spiritual level, this signifies how easy it is to find happiness. This is the true essence of life where a few moments of spending time with unknown people in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere can do a whole lot good to our lives. Ironically, in this madding world, people are so ambitiously chasing their dreams and goals of seeking happiness in material pleasures. In the process they are constantly grappling with stresses and pressures that are erode their peace of mind and happiness.

Coming back to the scene at the park, in one swift move, the dad lifts his adorable girl into the child’s swing and while she sits there apparently not knowing what to do next, he took over by propelling her forward with a push. Then the girl switches her position on the swing, this time sat in the opposite direction. In the picture, we can see an array of activities happening during a busy hour at the park. There is a stroller parked on the pathway which most probably belongs to Emma. There are children taking a truck ride around the park. There are a few others sliding or biking, walking in the park trail.

While he pushed Emma, her dad points at something at the park, adjacent the swings, probably a bird or another child familiar to the girl, playing at a distant slide.

They are I think trying to decide which other sport or play scape she is going to try next. As the dad encourages her to use the slide or take the toy truck ride as he shows the other children including her friend having fun riding the train and sliding down, Emma looks at the slide and the truck and thinks over what her next move will be.

In the last picture, the busy dad receives a text message on his cell phone and he responds back to the text. It was probably from Emma’s Mom checking on the duo. The father is seen responding happily to the text, describing the events of the day spent well with his daughter. While the dad is texting, Emma looks at some crawling creature or thing lying on the ground. She looks amazed and curious at the object she spotted on the ground.

Emma probably subsequently takes a few spins down the short slide, and goes for a train ride and the dad even allows her to roam around the sandy play area barefoot.

While in the park, the dad is at ease with himself, as he takes a break from his routine calls, personal and professional commitments, thoughts that bind our conscious minds every day and mechanically predetermine our activities and decisions. This is the best aspect of spending time at a park with your kid as it’s a place we associate with the spirit of relaxation and harmony with the nature. The crisp air and fresh smelling flowers, chirping birds, and marvelous sceneries genuinely help us relax by simply walking around, playing with our kids or sitting on a park bench singing a cheerful song. All in all the dad and daughter spent an afternoon filled with fun, frolic and had a blast at the playground. The spirit of relaxation at the park is so indulging and pampers our soul and the above observation is the proof of this statement.