Monday, May 15, 2006

A genuine ode

I am sure most of you would agree when I say that we do not need any special day to express our love for our mothers. Loving is a continual process or rather, a way of living. I don't wish to sound pedantic but for each one of us, they are our first teachers...the academy shifting from their lap to their knees. I think a mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. Please let me extend it our fathers too. Our parents lay the building blocks of the kind of human being we grow up to be.
Not anyone but our parents are the most affected by our success and failures...yes, even more than ourselves.
After a long and hectic day at work, I was relieved to find a vacant seat in the local bus. My eyes rested on a father-daughter duo. They were seemingly new to the city. This person pointed the India Gate to his darling daughter but his eyes were admiring the smile the lit up his daughter’s face. Not even once he spared another look to the monumental document of our modern history. For him, the excitement and happiness on the angelic face of his daughter meant the world. A silent prayer from my heart went to God to bless them.
On each day of our lives, our parents make deposits in our memory banks. We owe them...our lives, our being, our smile, our beliefs,...everything.

Can never thank God enough.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

You are so right - "Our parents lay the building blocks of the kind of human being we grow up to be". Every day is parents day. Our respect for our parents is a prayer to God.

starry said...

I love the way you described the father and daughter. Beautiful post.

Kartik Shankar said...

I concur, the father and daughter post is too good.

Ammey Kesarkar said...

Good post! nice read.

Adarsh Krishna said...

Why don't you try writing stories

Madhur Kashyap said...

Yeah quite true that one doesn't need a special day to thank someone in general and especially our parents. Their love and patience is never ending for us.

Priungkush Chatterjee said...

a very well written peice.. shoort crisp and concise and yet brings the point out in a beautiful manner... thats one thing i liked... parents... always there behind you and with you.. perhaps at times we fail to understand them or their existence but trust me,.. any day when the world is against you.. you'd find them there with you,.. comforting you...