माँ

Mothers have always been the reason why the world even moved ahead. She is the reason for evolution! 

We all know too many things about mothers in general. But today, I would like to tell you something about my mom...

My mom became a mom at an age as young as 17-something. 

Eldest daughter-in-law of a 20-membered joint family, she took care of her 3 children while taking care of everyone else in the family. She loved everyone as much as she could, adjusted herself to all the oddities in her new family. Complained less. Learnt as much as she could. 

Then life turned her into a woman of steel, she lost her most beloved, her best friend, her husband in her 30s(an age when most women these days, start a new life). 

Few lessons that I learnt from her life(which she never preached), I would like to share them with you:

*Women are steel, not plain Iron so they don't rust.

*When you're worried and in pain, put yourself to work; the work that you like...it heals.

*Keeping your personal self aside, when the children are in pain.(The whole world needs this lesson).

*Making sure that all of us clean our living spaces, because that is what makes us a part of a "civilization".

*Admiring one's own children in front of others, especially when they are around.

*Expecting love in all sincerity!

The list of learnings is endless. 

A message for today...as generations grow, we learn new things, only because we were able to learn things that were taught to us by our parents, never put-them-down on a note of having more 'intelligence', knowing better 'English' or earning more 'money'... Respect parents... respect every mother(that includes avoiding abuses that involve the word 'mother')...Respect leads to love. Love brings peace. Peace begets happiness.

Love.Peace.

Niru