Time

(Dedicated with love to all parents, especially fathers)

Sometimes, it is quite essential that we take a break from the busy work schedule and robotic life. Taking a break doesn’t really mean a short vacation at your favorite hill station, where sleep is absolute bliss! At times life wakes you up from long slumber to gift you precious moments… Spend some quality TIME with your loved ones; for whom you really haven’t devoted much TIME over years…

You bet, we all give at least some amount of TIME to our spouse, children and friends. Sometimes as a responsibility or may be because of the fear of losing them! While our life oscillates between responsibility and fear, many of us have conveniently avoided/ignored those wonderful blessings called PARENTS. Because, when it comes to parents, most of us don’t have the fear of losing them if we don’t devote TIME to them, or may be the responsibility meter dips down. We take them for granted, for we are sure, they will always be there for us. Don’t be surprised if UNCONDITIONAL LOVE doesn’t exist anymore. We don’t have the TIME to VALUE such relationships… Startling fact!!!

Well, came as an awakening to me last summer, when I was with my dad. Dad, my pillar of strength, my biggest inspiration is a busy business man; enthusiastic and energetic even at 60 plus (touch wood). He leaves for work before I wake up; hence it was during evenings we use to spend time together. That evening as usual when dad was back from work, I was waiting for him in the lawn. That’s how I have always been; ever since my childhood.

We set out on a walk that evening all the way to our farmhouse. He appeared to be unusually tensed and lost in some thoughts. The usual defensive statement, “Nothing at all, business chaos you see” was the first answer I got when I asked him for the reason of worry. I just looked at him in his eyes and then, it was a totally different sequence. It was kind of a role reversal. There was a lot more than humungous pressure and stress that’s camouflaged by the term “Work tension”. I saw tears of happiness in my dad’s eyes when he uttered these words after a long conversation, “Daughter, you are the music of my every evening”

Your “TIME” is the best gift you can give to your loved ones. Let this precious gift be given wholeheartedly and may it not be limited to occasions. A bright smile, a word of care, a tender touch…little things makes a beautiful difference. And when these little things are well knitted with thread of LOVE and wrapped in TIME, it becomes a marvelous moment…a moment worth cherishing for a life time…