Infinity Redefined ... :)

Saturday is the day my daughter keeps her Dad completely at her beck and call. He is her toy, playmate, a cartoon character, punching bag when frustrated .. etc. On this Saturday though, my hubby suddenly found himself at leisure. Reason being – her neighbourhood friends had come home and my daughter was having a fun time with them instead. The non-stop chatter and pitter-patter of feet running across the home ensured hubby dear was relegated to a discarded toy pile !

This sudden windfall of time left my husband at loose ends and in a dilemma on how to fill time. He had been given clear instructions not to leave home for any work outside from the pint-sized dictator. The computer was being hogged by yours truly. He resorted to sorting his in-tray.

Come evening, when our baby was fast asleep after a very eventful day and we were relaxing in the silent aftermath post the cacophony of having 3 kids at home, he said to me “In school we had a teacher who always insisted that infinity was not a very large or a very small number. It was an unknown number.” He went on “You take infinity from infinity – you will be left with infinity. You add infinity to infinity – still you get infinity. Today, I realize what infinity is”.

I perked up at this. In our home – realization is beyond mere knowing and understanding. It is the ultimate pinnacle. Hanging on his words, I wondered what philosophical nugget he would utter. He said “I have been going through my letters the whole day and yet after a complete day of sorting, deleting and organizing – the pile of letters in my in-tray has not diminished at all ! Now THAT is infinity” !! :)

1 comment:

Nandu said...

Good one! This looks very familiar. I seem to check my mail pile each day however the pile never goes down and Anu is constantly behind me to clear mails!

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