Now don't think I'm some sort of spiritual guru when I tell you that, nowadays, we're taking too much for granted. We don't feel thankful when our mother slaves in the kitchen for the entire day, cooking us food.
We don't understand that cooking is nothing but hard work.
Think of it like this: you make a project that you think is beautiful, and you give it in to the teacher. The teacher rejects it, saying it is horrible, and that you should redo it.
The same thing happens with our mothers. They could spend one or two hours cooking a delicious dish that she loves but you hate. In the end, you tell her that it was absolutely disgusting and you entirely hated it. Imagine that feeling. All that hard work.......and now negative feedback.
We need to learn to appreciate the amount of hard work that she is going through in order to give you lunch; she is the one who exhausts herself for our expense.
We all feel quite relieved when school closes down in mid-April, and we leave home for a vacation that is completely work-free.
For our mothers, however, there is no difference. They still have to cook for us, clean the dishes, etc. and by the end of the day, there is little difference in her behavior. In fact, her day itself has only slightly changed, with only the nuisance known as you(no offense) added in.
Diwali brings happiness to all. Ram returned back to Ayodhya. We all like to laze around through the day, avoiding as much work as possible. Our mother, however, cannot skip cooking. In fact, on Diwali, her work is doubled, maybe tripled since she has to cook all those yummy sweets that we feast on.
I remember clearly one day when one of my Dad's friends was to come over. My mother practically spent the entire morning and afternoon in the kitchen, sizzling up warm chicken, mouth watering biryani, and other delicacies. You could not imagine her disappointment when my dad got a call from his friend saying that he could not come since he was busy. There was quite a commotion then; all four of us stuffed ourselves gladly with much of the food.
The meaning of this article is that we should not take our mother's work for granted. I hope you understand!
