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[sanika]

>Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture
>of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden flight, brought
>forth a rush of emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much
>we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.*
>
>* *
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>*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
>Jet Airways. 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 a 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 cricket bats,
dresses,
>toys, outings, etc.
>
>Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered 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.*
>
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>
>*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.*
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>* *
>
>*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 needs 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 your parents. THEY ARE PRECIOUS.*
>


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sanika

[loyalgurl]

You are so right Sanika
Parents' love is the most unselfish gift God has given us ... n i guess we could never place ourselves at their places when it comes to thinking abt what they do for us...
n even when it comes to being unselfish towards them ....

Parents are mostt precious ... n I thank God from the bottm of my heart for giving me the best parents in the world