Wednesday, May 7, 2008

HOW IMPORTANT ARE MOTHERS??

GENERATION-I.....BIG DEAL.....
OUR PRIORITIES: FRIENDS, PHONES, CAREER, REPUTATION, STATUS, PERSONALITY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH....THE LIST IS ENDLESS. BUT, IN THIS ENDLESS LIST WHERE CAN WE FIND THE WORD "MOTHER" OR "FAMILY"?
SOMEWHERE DOWN, PERHAPS. WHY? GOD KNOWS.
LIFE IS FAST ....AND SHORT AND WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO; SO MUCH TO ACHIEVE THAT WE FORGET ABOUT THE TREASURES WE ACTUALLY OWN - REAL TREASURE- MOTHERS.
WE ARE SO FAR SIGHTED THAT WE FORGET TO LOOK AT THE THINGS WITHIN OUR SIGHT; WE FORGET TO SEE OUR MOTHERS WHO HOPE THE BEST FOR US AND WHO NEED OUR ATTENTION MORE THAN WE THINK THEY DO.
SO WHAT, IF WE'RE ONLY TEENAGERS, OR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH GREAT ASPIRATIONS. AREN'T WE SOMEBODY'S CHILDREN, TOO? DON'T WE HAVE OTHER, MORE IMPORTANT DUTIES TO PERFORM, TOWARDS OUR MOTHERS PERHAPS?
AFTER ALL, THEY'RE THE ABSOLUTE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE, THE REASON WHY WE ARE SO FAR SIGHTED.
THE REASON WHY I AM STRESSING ON MOTHERS IN PARTICULAR IS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ROOTS TO A FAMILY'S BEING. FATHERS ARE IMPORTANT FIGURES, YEAH. THEY ARE STRONG MASCULAR AND FULFILL ALL OUR DESIRES....BUT, IT IS A MOTHER TO WHOM WE ARE EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED; IT IS A MOTHER WHO REALLY KNOWS WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT IS RIGHT FOR US...ONLY SHE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH EXAM STRESS; WHEN YOU ARE WONDERING IF YOU SHOULD DISCLOSE TO YOUR PARENTS ABOUT YOUR FIRST DATE. SHE SENSES THE WRONG YOU HAVE DONE EVEN BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO TELL HER ABOUT IT. IN SHORT, SHE IS THE ONLY TRUE FRIEND YOU HAVE; TRUER THAN YOUR BEST FRIEND, TRUER THAN YOUR INNER CONSCIENCE.
IN OUR YEARS TO COME WE MIGHT NOT REMEMBER THE THINGS WE ACHIEVED OR THE THINGS WE FAILED TO ACHIEVE ; BUT, WE CERTAIN WILL REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN WE DID NOT LIVE UP TO THE EXECTATIONS OF OUR MOTHERS TO WHOM WE OWE EVERY BREATH WE TAKE AND EVERY FRUIT WE BEAR..EVERY HARVEST WE REAP.

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