I was on a short trip to India.. the shortest ever i made to the motherland ever since i am here.Its been 3 long years that we family(mom,dad,bro and me) spent the time together..it was a moment.
Like they say its the quality time spent than the quantity of time makes a trip memorable.We had fun time together..we sat together,ate together and spent the whole time together.Life has been on a fast track for the past many years for me and this trip gave me a much needed break to realise that at the end of the day it is the family and family alone which makes a complete difference to ones life.They stand by you for what you are, they love you for what you are..that is something unconditional we get from them.It is treasure.I did observe that as time passes,we need to do a role reversal if i may say..Parents become kids and kids become their parents..sounds sweet and sensible isnt it..??. We need to listen to them as we do all the time but with more attention.
One such incident really made me to re-think about what it takes to give our parents..the due attention they need in life.They must have worked really really hard to make the ends meet,give their children the right education to stand up and make a mark for themselves.It is not easy, its a full time job. Coming to the point..I was on a flight back home.The stopover was Amsterdam.
I reached the terminal and was as much amused/happy to see so many of us flying home.There were aunty ji's and Grannies with their telugu speaking(with a whole dose of accent :P ofcourse) grandchildren .It was good..Some of these old people were really old by which i mean in their eighties and some of them just couldnt speak english.There was this 80+ yr old gentleman who was brought to the terminal by the airport staff.Neither did the person nor the attendent realise that he left the bag on the trolley.The bag had all the documents including the passport.It took a while(more than an hour to be precise) for him to realise what he had done..but he had no idea as to whom he should be asking around..for his bag..there were very few of us at the terminal who could help him out and each of us were trying to get the details from him...He was too tensed to answer anything..All we could do finally is to take him to the information desk and make the airport staff look for his bag..They finally found the bag..and gave it to him..All is well that ends well but that is not it..All the while i was trying to help him...there were several thoughts running in my mind..I wondered how their kids left the old parents to the mercy of those airport attendents...What if he missed the flight and if there was none of us to help him??. Does he have to go through all this ??.This bothered me a lot..for almost a complete day.I had to share this with my folks as well..and that is when i felt better.I literally wanted to meet his children and try putting some sense into their brains(if they had any).
Finally guys i think we should be more responsible in whatever we do..and act sensibly.I know as life moves on..priorities change but when it comes to family..nothing should become a priority over it..absolutely nothing and we should be making a conscious effort in doing it :) I think that is it for now...wanted to blog this for a long time..and finally made it today.
Have a good weekend..Enjoyy!!
Like they say its the quality time spent than the quantity of time makes a trip memorable.We had fun time together..we sat together,ate together and spent the whole time together.Life has been on a fast track for the past many years for me and this trip gave me a much needed break to realise that at the end of the day it is the family and family alone which makes a complete difference to ones life.They stand by you for what you are, they love you for what you are..that is something unconditional we get from them.It is treasure.I did observe that as time passes,we need to do a role reversal if i may say..Parents become kids and kids become their parents..sounds sweet and sensible isnt it..??. We need to listen to them as we do all the time but with more attention.
One such incident really made me to re-think about what it takes to give our parents..the due attention they need in life.They must have worked really really hard to make the ends meet,give their children the right education to stand up and make a mark for themselves.It is not easy, its a full time job. Coming to the point..I was on a flight back home.The stopover was Amsterdam.
I reached the terminal and was as much amused/happy to see so many of us flying home.There were aunty ji's and Grannies with their telugu speaking(with a whole dose of accent :P ofcourse) grandchildren .It was good..Some of these old people were really old by which i mean in their eighties and some of them just couldnt speak english.There was this 80+ yr old gentleman who was brought to the terminal by the airport staff.Neither did the person nor the attendent realise that he left the bag on the trolley.The bag had all the documents including the passport.It took a while(more than an hour to be precise) for him to realise what he had done..but he had no idea as to whom he should be asking around..for his bag..there were very few of us at the terminal who could help him out and each of us were trying to get the details from him...He was too tensed to answer anything..All we could do finally is to take him to the information desk and make the airport staff look for his bag..They finally found the bag..and gave it to him..All is well that ends well but that is not it..All the while i was trying to help him...there were several thoughts running in my mind..I wondered how their kids left the old parents to the mercy of those airport attendents...What if he missed the flight and if there was none of us to help him??. Does he have to go through all this ??.This bothered me a lot..for almost a complete day.I had to share this with my folks as well..and that is when i felt better.I literally wanted to meet his children and try putting some sense into their brains(if they had any).
Finally guys i think we should be more responsible in whatever we do..and act sensibly.I know as life moves on..priorities change but when it comes to family..nothing should become a priority over it..absolutely nothing and we should be making a conscious effort in doing it :) I think that is it for now...wanted to blog this for a long time..and finally made it today.
Have a good weekend..Enjoyy!!
