UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

4^th June, 2008

1:21 pm

Though it’s a small room, its very cosy and comfortable, may be I feel so because of the ambience of love that surrounds …

My mother lies on the bed before me, while I sit on the bed adjacent to it. The room I am talking about is a ward room in a hospital. My mother had just undergone a major abdominal surgery. I feel so overwhelmed that it became compulsive for me to write this article to articulate my thoughts and give vent to my emotions…

Mother – My Maa …

How do I define what she is for me? In a simple line- she means the world to me. She is the most beautiful woman on Earth, with a smile worth millions and a heart of pure gold. I am blessed to have such a learned mom, doctorate and a professor of Economics and yet she is like any other Indian mother… Caring for the family, worrying about her children and doing the household chores takes up most of her day. She is quintessence of a lady striking a perfect balance between home and work. She will always shower her unconditional love no matter what may be. She would do everything at her utmost will to bring me as close to perfect as inevitably possible. Only a Mom can withstand the enduring pain of unselfish giving and years upon years of dedication purely to her children’s life.

My mom had spent many sleepless nights taking care of me whenever I fell ill, but this time I got an opportunity to take care of her. Though there is very little that I can do. Every morning when I visit her at the hospital, I would place a kiss on her cheek, the simplest act of love and that itself causes her eyes to gleam. I would spend my whole day with her, trying to make myself worthy of her needs. What makes me admire her is how grateful she is for every petty thing that I manage to do, while had I been in her place, she would have been taken for granted most of the time. She can be so courageous that no matter what agony she faces, she would always be confident.

I would sit with her for hours at an end everyday and have tête-à-tête about almost everything. It is astonishing to comprehend that through all those years that I have grown up with her I never realised that I have such a wonderful friend at home… to whom I can spill my heart out. She can empathise with all my thoughts and emotions without failing for a second, better than any friend could ever have.

Moms are always taken for granted by their children. Almost all of us fail understand her worries, to appreciate her suggestions, to spend quality time with her, to acknowledge our gratitude for her endless concerns. But there comes a transition phase in every child’s life when you rediscover your mom, when you learn her worth, when you feel obliged to her. This realisation mostly dawns when you are vulnerable to the austerity of the world around… away from her shield. Only then, do you learn to value the warmth of her embrace, the worth of her unconditional eternal love.

When something has to be written about mother… words would always fail to suffice.

It is rightly said - "The hand who rocks the cradle...may rock the world".

So friends, let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called MOM though some may not say it openly to their mother.

There's no substitute for her.

She will be always there for you...to listen to your woes, your braggings, your

frustrations, etc.

Ask yourself.....have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her

"blues" of working in the kitchen, her tiredness???

Go, give her a hug and let her know that she is loved and respected. There’s no repayment for her unconditional love… except to love her unconditionally…

**DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED THE THINGS CLOSEST TO YOUR HEART. CLING TO THEM AS U WOULD TO YOUR LIFE, FOR WITHOUT THEM, LIFE IS MEANINGLESS**