I know what you all must be thinking while reading this; why the hell this guy is speaking always about bitterness, negativity! but you shouldn't forget that you begin valuing sweetness only when your taste gets contaminated with bitterness in your mouth...only then you realize the importance of sweetness, happiness in your life.
When you tend to get anything and everything you want from others especially from your dear ones, when everything is going right and easy in your life yes at one point you tend to think: "oh my my ...how lucky chap am I " but after some time when the things become routine... become used to it so much so that even for a small unexpected situation u tend to overreact,and then you tend to curse your so called "fate" and of course "the god".
I would like to narrate the story of one such boy who was the only child of his parents.They were from lower middle class family.
The boy being the only kid was pampered to a much unnecessary extent. Whatever he wished was given to him. The parents worked in a small co-operative society. They loved him so much that many a times in order to fulfill his needs they sacrificed theirs.Once, there was sports meet at the school where the boy studied. The boy demanded for a brand new Nike Shoes. It was the mid April and the parent's pocket for that month was almost exhausted paying the rents,loans and so on.
The mother was suffering from kidney disease and every time had to be kept on dialysis. The medicine were expensive.But just because they didn't wanted to spoil his mood that month the mother didn't go for dialysis nor purchased the medicine. 15 days past and she could hardly manage the amount necessary for purchasing the brand new Nike shoes.
The night before the Sports day the parents went into the bedroom of this kid where he fast asleep. They had brought the gift(pair of brand new sports shoes) nicely wrapped in a gift paper. There was a label fixed on top of it on which it was written "To my most precious God's Gift.....with lots of love and blessing -- Mummy". They thought the child would wake up in the morning and would be happy to find his gift besides his bed.
As mentioned earlier the mother was really very sick.But she never mentioned her condition to the boy as he would get disturbed. On the other side the child who was now a growing up young Boy of 15,who had always found his parents besides him, comforting him and supporting him. He was used to this and he had started taking them for granted.Whenever Father used to get some delicacy home the couple would always wait for the child to taste and get satisfied first and then if at all anything remains they used to consume it happily and of course in satisfaction.
On the other hand the child would not even bother to think whether enough food is left for the parents or not. He had started eating the junk food,fast food every evening after his tutions as his father would always give him pocket money but this guy never used to think about them even before putting the first piece in his mouth. The Boy had occupied the center stage in his house and was dominating his parents so much so that he started dumping his foolish necessities on them, forcing them to buy those unnecessary things for him.
The mother had to skip the medicines and some routine tests in order to save money but still could not make up to those Royal Nike Shoes.Still they purchased him the Next Best brand of shoes which were also expensive but not compared to Nike ones.
Next day early in the morning the boy woke up and was surprised and exited to see this gift parcel besides his bed.He was very happy for a moment. He was happy that he had received the best pair of shoes in the entire school. When he opened the gift he was disappointed, angry and panicked to see these "non-Nike" shoes.He hurried in rage and rushed into the bedroom of his parents.
He was surprised to see his father awake and looking out of the window as if he was waiting for the sunrise as it was still dark outside. His mother was lying on the bed. He could see the satisfaction on her face.even in sleep her face appeared smiling. The boy's anger reached its peak after seeing his mother. He went near her and shouted : "You shameless women!!, how could you gift such rubbish shoes to your only son??. I hate you!!, I hate you from the bottom of my heart !! get up now and answer me....". But the mother seemed to be in deep sleep so much that she couldn't even hear this wrathful harsh words. By seeing this he was even more furious his face became red and eyes full of tears lava flowed from it.He continued " Oh you have become so arrogant!! you don't even bother to answer me!!! ok keep sleeping forever...i dont want to see you any more."
There was no reaction from the other end and she was still into the sleep.All this time father was looking out of the window escaping from the eye contact with his son but the moment his son said that last line..father just could not control his tears. he rushed towards his son and gave him a very tight slap.(the first one the boy had ever received from him). The boy remained still,shocked with this reaction and was shivering.
Father cried: " You are right son your mother could not make up to the amount needed to purchase your Expensive shoes. But she tried a lot...skipped her regular checkup, dialysis procedure and even gave up the costly tablets....as i am jobless for past few months this was the only thing she could do.Yesterday she was really in pain..she couldn't even walk up to the stairs but still she kept saying: we have to go to the market and buy the shoes. I tried to convince her but she didn't listen. She forcibly took me to the market and purchase these shoes from the money she had preserved. When we returned her state was critical.But she insisted that i should not tell anything to you as it would affect your preparation for today's event. today at 2.00am she breathed her last after the whole night of pain and cries. I was awake,trying to comfort her.her breathing slowed down...but her eyes were focused on your bedroom door. finally she called me. She had started loosing her senses then.The poison had already affected her brain..but still she told me her last message.. " Father stopped. He was now on his feet,completely shattered.He cried like a child.
The boy had already returned back into the senses.Now he was into tears... slowly started realizing his mistake. Still he had to listen to his mothers last words. He gathered all the courage left in him and shook his fathers arms and cried: "Dad ...Please ...P-Please tell me what mom said".
Father cried:" When your mother called me near her bedside i decided to wake you up but then your mother held my hand tight and said:
"I don't have time left ...i want to see my child but he is sleeping...please don't disturb his sleep..tommorow is a very important day for him..Please tell him that his mother did her best to keep up her promise...Giving away my life was the last thing i could do...say sorry to him from my behalf...please tell him not to hate me...I don't know where will i go after some time.But wherever i go my eyes will be always watching him . I will always love him.Tell him not to cry. And take care of him."
The boy now broke completely,started rolling on the floor crying loudly, He had realized his mistake.All these years when his mother was besides him he always took her for granted . When she was close to him,he was running away from her so much that he had now his own world of his friends in which his mother hardly had any place.her position in the house was that of a maid who served the master with yummy food delicacies everyday, used to prepare tiffin for him which he skipped and preferred junk food, she used to wash his cloths, shoes,keep his room clean.But in return the boy used to tell her:"What great thing you are doing!! its your duty."
Today just few hours before his mother had left them forever and now he wanted to be close to her. He went up to the dead body of his mother. hugged her tightly and started weeping. After some time he returned back to his room completely shattered and devastated. He was repenting for the words he said just few moments before. He was now repenting for everything.
Even though it was month of April, some showers had drizzled that night and the window pain was covered with rain drops. He closed his eyes and remembered his mother and said: "Mom, i know that i have hurt you a lot...i didn't care for you and your emotions all these years and now that you have left us i want to say sorry to you. I love you mom. I know you are still somewhere here and my words are reaching you...i will miss you always mom....". He opened his eyes and in front of him was the window pane fully covered with raindrops and he saw that there appeared message on it which said:" don't curse yourself child. I love you and will always do".
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