Thursday, October 8, 2015

THE REAL MEANINGFUL LIFE!

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An elderly gentleman was living in a joint family of his children along with their families.. It was really a big and happy family.. Every one was educated and industrious and the children were well disciplined..

But unfortunately, the elderly man was not a happy man all the while.. He was often complaining that the younger members of the family all the time were not so friendly with him, always busy in their own works, not paying attention to him many times, sometimes feeling a little uncomfortable with his nearness etc..etc..

He was thus sad..

As he met his old friend in a Park one evening, he could no longer control and keep the problem to himself and vented out the anarchy at home including the sad part of it.. How he was sidelined!

His friend happened to be a great introvert.. He was truly a problem solver and was a great success in life.. He understood his friend’s problem and wanted to give him a piece of advice.. He said..

“See my dear, we are aged and we have gone thru’ the many turmoil of life, a mixture of pleasures and pains.. Please tell me, did we not have tough life in our younger responsible days? In those days, we too were desperate and equal number of times we too were showing our disgust and used to vent out our feelings.. So, this is a very much natural happening in these instances..” 


Saying thus, he paused for a while.. The elderly man was looking at his friend keenly.. The friend further continued..

“The youngsters of your family are well educated, have steady jobs, work hard and thus are truly the responsible people.. Here, they have to take care of their children’s up bringing and all are totally involved in their duties thus.. In fact the reality is that the situation in your family needs lots of attention, energies, strengths and finances and beyond this many sleepless nights added too.. 
All your people have determined to do this unique task together for the welfare of the family and in this context only, everyone is running round with no time to breath.. 

Their journeys in life are like sailing ships on seas with sails unfurled... Their directions depend on winds blowing, they are in the middle of waters and they have to constantly steer the ships to reach ultimately the shore safely.. This is the present great task with these busy young men and women around you.. 

Compared to all this bustle, our lives are now simply devoid of all this turmoil except our age related health ailments.. We have safely traveled, almost are near to shores, in calm waters, almost furled our sails and thus are free from the direction of winds and peaceful on home front issues.. 


In such a situation, by being free and by staying at home, we can definitely help these coming up families in general with our small energies such as taking care of the young kids in time, being helpful with saved finances where required but not in a wasteful way and as a head in general for advising and guiding on trivial issues.. This task is very much in front of us at this point of time in which we can actively involve.. 

Strangely leaving all this, how can we find fault with our own people for not showing attention and asking for the same?  Do we really need anything like this?" 

While parting, the friend smiled and whispered in his ears..


"More or less, we have lived our lives the best, dear; But the young are going thru' this process presently.. Tell me, should we not help these youngsters now at this stage?  In fact, the real Peace is with us  only when we sincerely do this job totally with all honesty but nothing less of it any time!" 

12 comments:

  1. This is such a beautiful message. A great read, Sir.

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    1. Thanks Purba for leaving such a nice Comment on these Pages!

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  2. A very nice message sir. So true while raising children a family gets pulled in all directions and support of elders is very much needed.

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    1. You rightly confirmed it Somali.. If elders don't help and guide where else their young ones can refer? Many elders invariable do this job with all sincerity but at times a few may be stuck with ego problems which they should sort out sooner or later and rise to the Occasion.. After life is short and as an elder I should quickly correct my mistake here if any from my side and join the Sacred Yagna, I call it rather than shutting the doors permanently! Thanks for such a nice Comment here.. In fact, it's the right closing point to the Post!

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  3. All kinds of people exist. Some elders are too demanding and some youngsters deliberately neglect.
    A good piece of advice here. Thanks for that.

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    1. I very much concur with you Indrani that both ways equal number of times happen.. But still the elders' responsibility many times lies in gently correcting the erring young people and taking care of certain things in advance in anticipation of something happening that way.. Thanks for one more observation in this context!

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  4. Wise words, Sreedhar ji. I am with you, the old has to make way for the new. One can't keep hankering to remain important. Better to take a back seat and silently support the young ones:)

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    1. Thanks Lataji.. Rightly said.. In fact, above a certain age it is called Vanaprastham for the elders.. They should be more into giving away and helping around, of course taking a decent care of themselves too in the process and thus never becoming helpless.. Right Comment here!

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  5. I fully agree with you Sreedhar Ji, the guidance and support of elders is very important..a beautiful post :)

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    1. Yes Madam.. You again stressed the importance of the Message here.. This can happen in the best way when as an elder, I take care not to rule my people! That discipline alone streamlines my required activities in the situation.. Thanks for such a nice Comment!

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  6. I agree with you sir... support of the elders is most important...
    Great message sir :-)

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    1. Rightly said, Archana.. It's a great help to the family if as an elder I truly get into this task as it's equally a God destined duty with me! Thanks for the nice Comment!

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