A mother’s love has no equal for the simple fact that the child was a part of her body at some point! Yes, that is putting it bluntly but that is a fact!
The greatest issue in the world and people which causes depression and sadness and ironically sometimes happiness is; COMPARISON!
Some things cannot be compared and should not be compared! It is like how a child asks a parent which child the parent likes more! There can never be a true answer for that! Of course there would be circumstances which may force some change, but a parent would always love all his or her children equally!
The eldest may get more responsibility, the youngest some more liberty and well, the middle ones usually get a mixture of the two but always wanting for more of either!
There is no equation which can determine the exact amount!
On that note it is also not fair to compare a mother with a father!
Then again life is not a fairy tale! It actually begins when the fairy tale ends! They lived happily ever after is actually the beginning of endless struggles being a parent! Starting from the birth to the education and to the settling down! A parent is a parent for life!
In the modern age apart from the biological aspects, the ‘traditional’ roles of father and mother are no longer the same! You may have a father who cooks well and a mother who is the actual earning member of the family!
The stern father who may not express his love for the kids and would always first say no is changing! Our father and Grand Fathers do not remember the last time they hugged or kissed their father! Or even told them how they love them! You would have done that to your kids yesterday! Or maybe not! All fingers and fathers are not the same anyway!
In one book called the 48 laws of power, the author tells how a son can be better or at least as good as the father and one way is to select to do something very different than you father! To try and shine beyond your father’s legacy is difficult so it is better to create a new one!
Or the best way to go about is not to think about impressing anyone too much and simply try to be a better person than the man or the woman in the mirror every single day! Of course that is the theory!
What is a father’s day without a blog on, well; Father! Am sure Ganesh Acharya’s father would be proud of him!
All I can say for now is that I am proud of my father and I hope my daughter and son would be proud of me too!
Happy Father’s day!
Shubh ratri!
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