Nature’s ways are unpredictable; don’t waste time, tell your near and dear ones how much you love them, believesAJIT KUMAR BISHNOI
We all have relatives and friends, some of them we love a lot. This is great but do we express our loveIJ Read the following story. It was an arranged marriage. The boy was brilliant in studies and had found a lucrative job in a multinational company. This was good but the downside was his being very busy; he had to travel to distant towns frequently on company business. The wife, also a brilliant student, chose to stay home to look after their two daughters, who were born soon after marriage.
This arrangement suited the man because he was completely assured about the welfare of his daughters. Everything was great except that none in the family was very expressive; they just took one another for granted. The man — a hardworking man earned a decent sum — which was more than enough for the family’s needs. The women engaged herself fully in household activities besides paying a great amount of attention to the upbringing of the girls. The two girls were doing well both in studies and generally in whatever they took up as extracurricular activity.
life was smooth for the family. The girls finished their schooling. Now the time had come to think of the future. One chose to become a medical doctor and she was good enough to get admission to a prestigious medical college. The other one was not far behind; she chose to pursue software engineering, and was successful in getting admission to the local IIT.
Then, one day misfortune struck the family in full force. The women had gone to a mall for some shopping. What she needed was on the top floor. She took a lift, but unfortunately for her, the supporting cable snapped and the lift crashed to the floor. She died instantly. The news was conveyed to the family, which came and took the body home. All the three members were badly grief-stricken but none more than her husband; he was inconsolable.
When this continued for a long time, the two girls decided to speak to their father. They told him that they would miss their dear mother, but he need not worry about them; they would manage. After some time their father spoke to his daughters, “I know both of you are quite capable of looking after yourselves; your mother has trained you so very well. This is exactly the reason I am so sorry. I never told her how much I loved her for all that she did for you two and me.
Though she could have chosen a professional career and I am sure she would have succeeded, she sacrificed all her personal ambition for the three of us without ever complaining. And I am such an unfortunate person that I never appreciated her; I just took everything for granted. Now that she has left us, I am feeling very sorry. I have done her a grave injustice by not expressing what I felt about her. Why was I so miserly about expressing my emotionsIJ I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life for this mistake. Now I am not going to repeat the same mistake. I want to let you both know that I love you very dearly and have always loved you. You two are most precious to me. You give me the energy which keeps me going. Now more than ever I need your love.”
Having read the story, search whom all you love. Go and tell them how much you love them. Do not waste time because you never know if you will get a chance to express your love; the nature’s ways are unpredictable. I welcome your comments.
Bishnoi is a spiritual writer and can be reached at spiritual@ajitbishnoi.com