Guest guest Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Swami has time and again exhorted in His various discourses that it is very important and our duty to respect and do service to ones parents. PARENTS ARE PRECIOUS!! This was narrated at a Seminar recently on Human Relations : Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden flight, brought forth a rushof emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents. My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so Ijust took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Jet Airways. The momentI handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just likea school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-inand asking for a window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome withjoy watching him experience all these things. As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was notas if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him. When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me. But later,thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child, how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financialsituation, we ask for cricket bats, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered to all our needs. Did we ever thinkabout the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us? Same way, today whenit comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will haveto give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it isour responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young. It is our responsibility to ensure that theyexperience all those and their life is complete. Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have beenvery polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments. Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we takecare of our children, the same attention and same care needs to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I wouldwant to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give thebest possible attention to all their wishes. Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes,too. Take care of your parents. THEY ARE PRECIOUS. Regards,K.s.Vishwanathan.Tel No: 022-28738192.e-mail:kalpathyvs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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