When people ask me
what working with children has taught me,
I smile softly
because the answer is never small enough for words.
They taught me how to live in a moment,
to hold joy before it runs away,
to laugh with my whole heart
as if happiness needs no permission.
They taught me how to love unconditionally,
without counting flaws,
without measuring worth,
without asking for anything in return.
They taught me how to cry honestly too,
without shame, without hiding,
without wondering who is watching
or what the world might think.
In their sudden hugs,
in their unfiltered smiles,
in their adorable stares full of wonder,
I have found pieces of myself again.
People think I am there to teach them,
but every single day
they become my little teachers
showing me how to be human,
how to be softer,
how to be alive.
Nandini
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