This is a very touchy one!!! Thought of sharing with you all!!!An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along
with his 45 years 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 ex-pression 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 t he 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 h e 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".
Dadaji and Ba