[b]Respect your parents:[/b]
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An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in
his house along with his 45 years old highly
educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on
their window.
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The Father asked his Son, “What is this?”
The Son replied “It is a crow”.
After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son
the 2nd time, “What is this?”
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The Son said “Father, I have just now told you
“It’s a crow”.
After a little while, the old Father again asked
his Son the 3rd time, What is this?”
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At this time some expression of irritation was
felt in the Son’s tone when he said to his
Father with a rebuff. “It’s a crow, a crow”.
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A little after, the Father again asked his Son
the 4th time, “What is this?”
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This time the Son shouted at his Father, “Why
do you keep asking me the same question
again and again, although I have told you so
many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able
to understand this?”
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A little later the Father went to his room 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
the sofa, when a crow 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 Crow. 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”.While the little child asked
him 23 times “What is this”, the Father had
felt no irritation in replying to the same
question all 23 times and when today the
Father asked his Son the same question just 4
times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.
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So..If your parents attain old age, do not
repulse them or look at them as a burden, but
speak to them a gracious word, be cool,
obedient, humble and kind to them. Be
considerate to your parents.
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From today say this aloud, “I want to see my
parents happy forever. They have cared for
me ever since I was a little child. They have
always showered their selfless love on me.
They crossed all mountains and valleys
without seeing the storm and heat to make
me a person presentable in the society today”.
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Say a prayer to God, “I will serve my old
parents in the BEST way. I will say all good
and kind words to my dear parents, no matter
how they behave.
