Thursday, May 15, 2008

Value of parents...

Forwarded by Amish Oza

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along
with his 45 year's old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow
perched on their window.
The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"
The Son replied "It is a crow".
After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time,
"What is this?"


The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".
After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time,
"What is this?"
At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the Son's
tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a
crow".
A little after, the Father again asked his Son the 4th time,
"What is this?"
This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep
asking me the same question again and again, although I have
told you so many times 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to
understand this?"
A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an
old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was
born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page.
When the son read it, the following words were written in the
diary: -
"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa,
when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23
times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a
Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same
question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel
irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".
While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the
Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all
23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same
question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.

So...
If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at
them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool,
obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your
parents. From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents
happy forever". They have cared for me ever since I was a little
child. They have always showered their selfless love on me.


They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing the storm
and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today".
Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST
way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no
matter how they behave.

Thanks for spending your time on reading this mail...... Hope you are
Forwarding this to all your friends...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

i feel this story makes no sense, since when the son was born he was only three when he asked but father was old enough to have gone through this, his mental state was also good, then why do he needs to ask such a silly question

Moonwalker said...

I also feel the story isnt real. But it is to make us realize that we have to understand your parents when they are old and ask for something they like but is not sensible according to us. Its true that parents do for their children that nobody can but the clildren also do the same for their kids but never keep a log of the same - its kind of a debt which is payed off to the next generation. But its true that our parents deserve our love likewise.

Anonymous said...

May be could alter the story little bit to appreciate the story... we could change the crow in Dad's question to something which he doesnot understand!

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