Gopika Kapoor shares books which changed her and the children’s lives forever.

This week Author, Parent & KSP’s Guest Blogger talks to us about Serendipity and how “all is well,always”

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Gopika Kapoor, the author of well known books like Spiritual Parenting: Wisdom (and Wit) for Raising your Child in a Stress-free and Spiritual Environment, asks all the mommies to spend their time doing activities that they enjoy rather their following certain norms that restrict them to do so.

Today’s article is about serendipity. And a book. And how it changed my daughter’s (and my) attitude to life.

It was a regular Saturday morning and my family and I were at our usual haunt: Café Mysore at Matunga, where our hungry stomachs take us at 10 am every weekend, to feast on the crisp dosas, fluffy snow-white idlis and mouth-watering sambhar. As we finished our meal and my kids went off with husband to buy ice-cream, I wandered and started browsing through a roadside book store selling some originals, but mostly pirated Chetan Bhagat’s, Danielle Steele’s and Ken Follet’s. The bookseller, an amiable chatty chap, was making his usual chatter, which I tried to ignore as I flipped open book jackets and mentally plotted how much money I had left and how much of it I could spend on my favourite indulgence.

As I was reading the jacket of a beguiling Nora Roberts, the book seller pulled out three  books and thrust them into my hands. “You have to buy these’ he said imploringly. I was a bit taken aback. I understand the need to market your wares, but this was a bit much. “Just listen to me,â€_x009d_ he continued. “Take these books and you won’t regret it.â€_x009d_ I looked down at the book covers. All the books were titled ‘Sara’ and were numbered Book 1 to 3. The things that caught my eyes were the authors. Esther and Jerry Hicks are world-renowned wellness authors who have written on spirituality, the Law of Attraction and how to channel these into your life. They are also published by Hay House, the same publishing house that has published my books. But why would such esteemed authors write a children’s book?

My curiosity was kindled and I bought all three books of the Sara Series (at a princely sum of Rs.650/!) What I didn’t know then was how these books would change my daughter’s life- and mine.

Every day we would cuddle up and read about the adventures of Sara, a lost little girl, who meets and befriends a wise old owl called Solomon, who becomes her friend, guide and teacher, as he takes her through lessons on life, slowly and gently teaching her that as we think, so we become. Over the three books, Sara learns to focus on the positive aspects of life, to believe and have faith in her thoughts so they translate into reality, and most importantly, to realize that whichever direction life takes, in the words of Solomon, “all is well, always’.

Through the course of the book, Solomon dies and Sara is heartbroken. But after a while, he is manifested in another form and explains to Sara that death is not the end; the soul lives on and is eternal. This is the stuff I learned in my Vedanta class, but through simple language and realistic examples, it is brought to a level where a child (and her mother!) can relate to it.

I didn’t realize just how much my daughter had imbibed of the books till something happened which messed up her day and she turned to me and said, “It’s okay Mama, all is well, always.â€_x009d_

It’s not only my daughter who learned from these books. I found myself happier, thinking more  positively as I read the Sara books. Stuck in traffic (a frequent scenario) while rushing my son to the doctor I found myself muttering “all is well, alwaysâ€_x009d_ over and over. And you know what? It was all well!

Do yourself a favour. Get online and order your Sara books today. If your kids are too small to understand them, read them yourself., or else snuggle up every night and read then with your kids. Your life will change – it’s a promise!

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