Story credit - Mr @udaylalpai, celebrated journalist and Editor.
Recently, I have visited a friend's father in a old age home. There I met a lady, around 74 years old, who reminded me of my mother. I introduced myself. We talked for few minutes.
"Uday, you have come to see your friend's father. But my children, those %@#%$, never cared for me. They ditched me here like an ugly decayed old dog..."she was cursing and shouting so loud.
@TejasOmkara
"Please don’t curse your children, mother..." I said.
@hathyogi1 @_Aadishaktii @CosmosSanatan @ibishwal @sambhashan_in
@Voice_For_India @AgentSaffron @Bhaktirassagar @GhorAngirasa
"May I ask you a few questions, mother?"
"Yes..."
@shreikanth @anexcommie @JumbuTweeple @RajeIyer @krithikasivasw
"You took care of their body so now they have a good and healthy body..."
@VertigoWarrior @desi_thug1 @Luna_Destrozada @LostTemple7
"Now, my question is, you took care of the body, but what about their mind? What did you do for their mind? Did you teach them any value based knowledge?
@19SunSunny @Lost_History1
Did you read them our puranas and itihas?"
@HelloNNewman @Kishoreciyer1 @USlasher
I was busy to make both ends meet...I was starving, but I wanted to see them as an engineer or doctor...I wanted to see the society respects my children."
"So, your wishes are fulfilled, then what are you complaining about?"
@harshapatel2013 @Vaidehee_c
"You did everything to educate your daughter to prepare & study MBBS - she became doctor. You sent your son to study BTech in good college and he became engineer. Those are very good positions in your society...You should be happy.
Did you teach them any values in life?. Did you treat all your relatives & friends equally?
Where did they learn from you that they should take care of parents?".
I have sacrificed my life...I starved..."
"Mother, you made two mistakes -
One: You were irresponsible to your own body and mind. When you starve, trillions of living beings inside your body will starve, have you ever thought about it?
Second: You were sub-consciously deriving pleasure from this concept: "even if I starve, I fed my kids". So you already got your contentment and happiness.
@Saru81589968 @Sankar2Narayan @SriRamya21
She didn't have any answer.
"Have you sought your kids’ permission before bringing them into this world?
Did they request you to take them to this world?
@ShefVaidya
How Rajmata Jijabai did brought her son Shivaji up?
Jijabai told him the tales of Ram, Krishna, Hanuman, Yudhistira, Bheem, Sibi etc - fighting the injustice, being truthful, humane and...
On the contrary, how did his arch-enemy Aurangzeb was brought up by his mother?
She made a demon out of a man.
@__Rgaur @Redhotpedia @Earthy_Virgoan @Luna_Destrozada
"But...I was ignorant about such things..." she said. Ignorance of karmic laws is NOT an excuse; each and every karma will have its cause and effects.
@Belladonna_here @Vyasonmukh
"But the struggle I underwent for them? The miseries and hardship I suffered for bringing them up?"
"Mother, everybody feeds their children.
@BesuraTaansane
You have taught them that life is all about tuition or scoring highest marks in the exams and competition items like dance and songs.
Did you ever take them to an orphanage?
Did you make them understand sufferings of old-age people?
Where do you expect them to learn such things, mother?
From reality shows?
Commercials?
Television series?
"But don't they know the meaning of "Mathrudevo bhava" and..." she murmured something.
"Mother, mathrudevo bhava means, get yourself elevated to the position of the god,
She didn't utter a single word. Tears rolled out of her eyes. I felt I was exceeding the limit. But somebody should tell it to her. It is for her own good. She should stop producing more negativity and hatred.
"I am really sorry mother...Please forgive me if I have said something that hurt you..."
"And please stop calling your son, 'son of a b***h' - in fact you are scolding yourself here. Let me assure you, your son and daughter are not going to escape from the results of their bad karma.
@Padmaavathee @dharmicverangna
Parents' responsibility does not end by providing all the luxuries and comforts to their children. Generally they think they should provide all those things to their children which they were deprived of in their childhood and...
Inculcate moral values from childhood to make them realise the pain, suffering and agony of mankind.
As a parent, aim towards creating a human being helpful...
This is quite a story & something tht had a profound impact on me. It's time we think how we're bringing up our children.
Sincere apologies for length of the thread 😅😅🙏🏻🙏🏻