आमाले न सिखाएको सब्द, डर।

१.
डर भन्ने कुरो खै किन छुदै छुयेन मेरो जिन्दगिलाइ। डरौथे त केवल आफ्नै बाउ सित। बाजे सित त डराइन, जसलाई देख्नासाथ सारा गाउ तर्सिन्थे।  बाजे को चप्पल गालामा न परेको होइन, यिनले माया पनि उतिनै गर्थे।

सायद मेरी आमाले मलाई डर को परिभासा न पढाएको भएर हुन सक्छ।  मन मा जे आयो तेही गरे।  जिन्दगीले जता डोर्यायो उतै लर्के।

:डी, त्यसो भन्न खोजेको होइन कि लाइफ मा डारौदै डराइन।  याद छ मेरो अंग्रेजी को पहिलो प्रिजन्टेसन, दुइ मिनट सबै को अगाडी ठिङ्ग उभेको, हात र खुट्टा ले झन्डै जवाब दिएको। अनि त्यो दिन कहाँ बिर्सन सक्छु जब उसलाई डेढ घण्टा लगाएर प्रोपोज गरेको थिए, सातो गाको थियो उसले गालि गर्छ कि भनेर।

२. …

Weather The Storm

One day a girl was driveing with her father. They came upon a storm, and she asked her father, “What should I do?” He said “keep driving”. Cars began to pull over to the side, the storm was getting worse. “What should I do?” the girl asked. “Keep driving, ” her father replied. Ahead she noticed that 18-wheelers were also pulling over. She told her dad, “I must pull over, I can barely see ahead. Others are doing that.” Her father said, “Don’t give up, just keep driving!” Now the storm was terrible, but she never stopped driving, and soon sche could see a little more clearly. After a couple of miles she was again on dry land, and the sun came out. Her father said, “Now you can pull over and get out.” She asked, “But why now?” He said “When you get out, look back at all the people that gave up and are still in the storm; because you never gave up, your storm is over.”