Wonderland

Wonderland is yours if you learn this…

- Vidhya Sanjay

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Last week, while teaching science to my 8-year-old, I asked him to define 'adaptation'. It was for a 2-mark question and the child gave the right answer. But, for me, that moment became priceless as I realised the only definition that befits life is to say life is unpredictable and paradoxical.

We know, any species that survived the test of time and endured, has learnt to adapt to the unpredictability of life. Any living form that failed to keep up with the changes in its environment has perished. Yet, we humans – the supreme of all the creations, want predictability in life. We want every decision of ours to produce success, we want the 'Midas touch' in life. We want our loved ones to always remain with us, children to always obey and listen to us, minimum effort to give us all the results, when we want it and how we want it.