In every country, every religion festivals are celebrated with vigor and zeal, amid gathering of relatives. At the end of the festival or a day, a feast is arranged, and gifts are exchanged. The youngsters receive the toys from the elders and elders are also given the gifts or respects.These days, the very central idea of gift has changed; the extravagant amount of money is spent for gifts. It is generally believed that more costly the gift is the more love and affection can be symbolized.
But a small event in my family changed my very philosophy of the life.
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As is the custom, I decided to take a visit to my mother who is 70 years old and who is staying with younger brother. (In
After meeting my mother, I gave my mother the purse and joking told she can keep her money in it while shopping, which she replied she rarely goes.
When we were talking , my younger son who is 12 years, took something from his pocket and gave to his grand mother, and surprising grand mother was crying with tears of joy.
When inquired my younger son told me that he gave her a small bottle of Vaseline and told her that she can rinse her hands with it when there is too much cold and her hands get dried up.
It was really a very touchy situation.
It opened my eyes.
Are we all become too robot like?
The very essence of a festival is exchange of love and consideration, and today we have made it a exchange of merely gifts.
How many of us really give at least a few hours if not daily at least on some festivals to some charity institutions, or visit some general ward patients (who can not afford the higher bed charges.) or give a small box of sweets to boys in orphan house who probably taste it very rarely.
Really we must change our philosophy on gift giving and festival celebration.
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