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.
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?" 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?" At this time some ex-pression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow". A little after, the Father again asked his Son the 4th time, "What is
this?"
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?"
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".
When I was a kid, I thought, like many, that my parents were overprotective, kinda irritating, and old school. I used to be a kid who fears nothing and break all rules. That was a time when educating me was a hard duty. But now, as I grew older, I realized that I was wrong back then, that I learn a lot now. They were not overprotective, they just loved me too much. My parents make the best teachers to me because they are the ones who begin my whole education, from the first word to the first step, until I become "something". I'm not saying that all parents are sweet. Some parents can be too impatient with their children. I think nor people love their children but some don’t have enough patience. There are some cases when kid doesn’t get the lesson fast and parents give punishment or scolding. Well, we are all humans who live in an imperfect world and live imperfect lives. Why demand perfection from them :)
I am twenty one soon, I have grown up. I want to see my parents live happily. They have cared for me ever since I was a little girl. They have always showered their selfless love on me. I learned love from the experience of being loved by my parents. "Trust your parents like you never had trusted anyone else in this world. Because they do know what’s best for you, they’ve watched you grow yet you can only look into the mirror and see what you are now"
