Father and Son ..................... 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 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.  |   
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Father and Son .....................
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