A simple man tells how his booking an air ticket for his father, his first flight, brought emotions and made him realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.
My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same.
In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Flight.
The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air.
The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen.
He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things.
As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him.
When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me.
But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life.
As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for football, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have satisfied to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes?
Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?
Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young, it is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.
Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments.
Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children,the same attention and same care need to be given to our parents and elders.
Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes.
Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.
Take care of ur parents.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
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The longest jail sentence till date was passed in the United States; 10,000 years for a triple murder charge!
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The Amazon 'Jesus Christ Lizard' can run across water!
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The loudest noise ever known till date was produced by a volcanic eruption at krakatoa, near Japan in 1883; the sound was heard in Australia, 5000km away!
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The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus; it can grow up to 10 meters in a year!
Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of gasoline/petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugarcane!
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Yuri Gagarin survived the first manned space flight but was killed in a plane crash seven years later!
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Levi Strauss (Levi's) made the first pair of jeans in 1850; they were intended as work trousers for American miners looking for gold!
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The oldest living tree is a California bristle cone pine named 'Methuselah'; it is about 4600 yrs old!
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The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish from freezing in icy sea!
The cries of South American howler monkeys can be heard 16km away!
In ancient Rome only important people wore purple clothes; this is because the purple dye came from a particular kind of shellfish and was very expensive!
Lava from an erupting volcano may be as hot as 1200 degrees celsius!
Some of the oldest mountains in the world are located in Scotland; they are estimated to be about 400 million years old!
Blue whales weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth!
The longest jail sentence till date was passed in the United States; 10,000 years for a triple murder charge!
Astronauts become a little taller in space; there's less gravity, so their bones are less bonded together!
About 20% of all volcanoes are underwater!
The Amazon 'Jesus Christ Lizard' can run across water!
The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the valley of death; because of its pollution, which has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby!
The loudest noise ever known till date was produced by a volcanic eruption at krakatoa, near Japan in 1883; the sound was heard in Australia, 5000km away!
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, from the USSR; in june 1963!
Some animals can grow new parts of their body if damaged; starfish can grow new arms, lizards can grow broken-off tails!
The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus; it can grow up to 10 meters in a year!
Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of gasoline/petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugarcane!
The world's largest recorded gathering of people till date was at a Hindu religious festival in India in 1989; it was attended by about 15 million people!
Sharks, in their 400 million years on earth have shown an extraordinary ability to resist cancer and other diseases. This has raised hopes among medical researchers that the ocean's most feared predator might turn out to be the cancer patient's best friend; investigators continue to study the immune system of sharks to see if it can provide the answer to stop the spread of cancer in humans!
Yuri Gagarin survived the first manned space flight but was killed in a plane crash seven years later!
The first animal in space was the soviet dog, Laika, in November, 1957; it died on the flight!
The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in california; it is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk!
Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year; he taught himself how to read and write!
The world's largest palace till date has 1788 rooms; it was built for the Sultan of Brunei!
There is no land at all at the North pole; only large mass of water with ice covering it!
A mayfly only lives for a day; but a tortoise can live up to 100 years!
Levi Strauss (Levi's) made the first pair of jeans in 1850; they were intended as work trousers for American miners looking for gold!
With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S market. --Business week, 1958--!
The oldest living tree is a California bristle cone pine named 'Methuselah'; it is about 4600 yrs old!
Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana was formed in a hollow made by a meteorite!
The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish from freezing in icy sea!
The cries of South American howler monkeys can be heard 16km away!
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