Parental Guidance Is Priceless

THE dictionary meaning of 'Parent' is one who has begotten or borne offspring,father or mother or a person who has adopted a child.
But,according to me parents are the most purest priceless form of gift that God can ever gift a human being in his entire life.Its so painful to see some children of our society who are deprived of this priceless gift and whom we know as orphans.These children live in the orphanages without knowing what their future would be and may be there is no one to show them the right path as to,which will lead to their aim or what we commonly know as'Manzil' of their life.
We lucky ones do not understand their value in our life,the light and guidance they(parents) provide throughout our life which not only keeps us away from the darkness of life but also from the negatives.
We would find different kinds of parents in our society.Honestly speaking, each of their child would have atleast felt once that 'Kash mein us uncle/aunty ka beta/beti hoti'.Many of you reading this might by now have said,that 'no', I would never say so.Then let me ask you,from deep down heart,how many would not like Mr.Bacchhan to his/her Dad or Mrs.Sonia Gandhi to be his/her Mom.But the reality which we fail to understand is that,sometime even these priveleged children wanted to be someone else's children.
Exceptions are always there,like one of them being myself.Wherever,whenever and however you ask,i would never want to be somebody else's daughter,other than of my parents.They are no different from usual parents that we get to see in our society.But to me they are priceless.They are like two strong pillars of my life.They do have a laugh with us,sometimes scolds us and sometime ever keep their hand a bit hard on our backs.But all these are part of our life.Can we imagine a life without all these? Quite impossible isn't it? For me it has become a habit,rather a bad habit that unless I hear my mom shouting from the kitchen in the morning, I do not feel like getting up from my bed, I feel its not yet morning.
Parents play a very strong,powerful,caring and an emotional role in a child's life.They bring up their children so tenderly,without so much of care and expectations of their child's education,job,marriage and yet setting down and attaining a respectable position in our society.But do we take our parents so seriously?
What would be the best ever birthday gift you could get from your parents.A mobile phone,a laptop,a 2 wheeler,a denim jacket,etc,etc? But I would say,the best ever gift we could get from them would be a kiss on our forehead and their blessings.Can you suggest an alternative to this gift?
But one question has always troubled me,as to why is the number of old-age homes increasing.When the time has finally come to serve our parents and pay our thanks to them,are we children so much preoccupied by worldly matters that parents do not matter any more.I was shocked to hear a person say "What have my parents done for me all these years and afterall it was their duty to do the basic things that they have done for me".So,if its the duty of parents to provide the basic needs to their children,then is it not the child's duty to look after them in their old-age.By doing this are we doing something extra for them?
I take this opportunity to sincerely request our youth,the young generation to please,please take care of their parents,when they need you the most do not betray; them.However harsh, strict or cruel your parents may be to you(which I hope they'll never be and even if they are its for your own good) atleast they were the people who brought you to this wonderful world and made you capable of living in this world.Do not try to understand your parents rather just love them a lot.For me my parents are my Priceless Possession.
"I SALUTE OUR PARENTS"