One morning an 80 year old man was sitting on a bench on the garden of their house along with his 45 years old son who is reading a newspaper. Suddenly a sparrow perched on their front.
Due to poor eyesight, the elderly dad asked his son, “What is this?”
The son replied “It is a sparrow”. After a few minutes, the father asked his son the 2nd time, “What is this?”
The son said “Dad, I have just now told you “It’s a sparrow”.
After a little while, the elderly parent again asked his son the 3rd time, “What is this?”
At this time, the son answered with irritation and he said to his elderly dad with a disrespectful rebuff. “It’s a sparrow, a sparrow!”.
A little after, the dad again asked his son the 4th time, “What is this?”
This time the son shouted at his elderly parent, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A SPARROW! S-P-A-R-R-O-W! sparrow!’. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little later his elderly dad went in to their house 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 a sofa, when a sparrow 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 sparrow. 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”.
After reading the diary, the son felt sorry hugged his father.
When our parents are getting older, do not ignore them, do not treat them that they are burdens. Do not feel iritated when your father keep on asking how to operate a smart phone, do not raise your voice when your mother can't hear something. Treat them with loving care, they are getting older.
They took care of us since we were born, maybe this is the time that we can give back all the hardship to raise us. May our bucketlist in life includes this goal: "I want to see my parents happy forever."
“Love your parents and treat them with loving care for you will only know their value when you see the empty bench…”
From a touching video story:
Happy Father's day to all the Father, Papa, Dad, Poppa, Tatay. Thank you for all the sacrifices, thank you for selflessly raise and protect your family, and providing them food to eat. Do not worry if you felt that you are an imperfect Father, for I know that you love your family perfectly.
 |
| My papa Fredo 😍 |
Comments
Post a Comment