Sunday, 21 June 2015

Who are you Father!

It was a Sunday and it was the day when Nikhil and Meera were taken to their grandmother’s place. Nikhil and Meera were twins and they used to visit their grandmother almost 4 times a month. Their grandmother loved spending time with these kids playing with them, feeding them lunch, watching movies and finally the last part which these kids loved the most which was sleeping on granny's lap and listening to stories which was one of the main reason for them to visit her so often. 
These stories not only made them sleep but also it helped them gain a lot of maturity.

Nikhil and Meera were upset on a particular day when they were yelled by their father and eventually the decent kids complained this to their grandmother and their grandmother just smiled for once and said “Its fine! We shall take care of him later.” The kids as usual forgot everything and were in their own world playing and later came to get the lunch fed by their grandmother. 

After feeding them lunch, the grandmother gently made both the kids sleep on her lap and told,
“There was once a man who never looked for praises, who was not the one who used to boast about himself, he always used to quietly go for work and he always used to see to that his family never suffered what he suffered. He was the happiest man when his children were born and he saw to that he gave everything to them. He was ready to do anything when they had health issues but he was a man with lot of ego to express his love towards his children and family.
Once he was facing a lot of trouble at the place of his work but he never shared it with his family members as he didn’t want to disturb their peace of mind with his head ache. This disturbance went on for a long period where he couldn’t outburst anything to his boss but one day he came home and outburst in front of his children, whom he had the freedom to express. His children thought that their father didn’t love them any longer for this incident and his children were upset.”

There was a long pause after she completed telling about this person. The children were misty eyed and didn’t know what to do.
The grandmother continued, “Dear children, don’t make it too late to forgive your first hero of your life! Sometimes you don’t even know what he’s going through; if he yells at you for no reason, it means that he’s expressing to you what he couldn’t express to others. When this happens, just hug him and say I understand. Don’t let small misunderstandings become large disappointments.”

When the children returned back home in the evening, they hugged their father and said, “Paa, Thank you! In every way you’ve seen to that our lives is better than yours. Love you.”
Their father was shocked and hugged back his children and drops of tears rolled down the cheek of the father!

In our adolescent years, whenever we get shouted at by our father we feel he doesn’t love us anymore. Fathers are egoistic compared to mothers in expression of love. Day and night he selflessly works for the people whom he loves the most. Most of us fail to express our fathers the way we love him when he’s alive. Take an opportunity in expressing him your love today. In case he isn’t anymore, take a moment in closing your eyes and say “Thank you”!

 Finally WIN WORLD BY LOVE.

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