As i finish writing this post, one movie that comes to my mind is 'Tuesdays with Morrie' based on the book with the same name by Mitch Albom. It might not be directly related to my rantings here, but does reflect some important messages of life which each of us should know - about valuing people, keeping up our promises to stay in touch, listening patiently to people when they get too old and so on (as far as I remember from three years back when I saw the movie).
We make promises of staying in touch with friends and teachers after graduating. But we hardly get time to keep up our words. In this mad run behind money and riches, are we forgetting something which is more valuable to us - our family, friends and relations?
We all work to earn money and stay happily, but what is the use of having all the money on earth if we aren't able to help our own family members when in need. Sometimes I wonder how I will be able to help my near and dear ones back home in times of sickness by staying here. Will all the money I earn be able to satisfy the feeling of staying close to the person during that period?
A few years later, what would truly matter is not how much money I had and spent on people, and what i bought them, but how I made them feel. Was I there for my near and dear ones when they needed me the most? What is the use if we aren't able to support our parents in their old-age?
Numerous questions like these keep popping in my head looking for answers. I am definitely not the only one.
All this could be simply dismissed as the rantings of another Indian staying abroad who will possibly change this attitude in an year or so; or just give some serious thought to these questions if they make sense to you.
Hopefully I express my feelings with more clarity next time I sit down to pen my thoughts!
We make promises of staying in touch with friends and teachers after graduating. But we hardly get time to keep up our words. In this mad run behind money and riches, are we forgetting something which is more valuable to us - our family, friends and relations?
We all work to earn money and stay happily, but what is the use of having all the money on earth if we aren't able to help our own family members when in need. Sometimes I wonder how I will be able to help my near and dear ones back home in times of sickness by staying here. Will all the money I earn be able to satisfy the feeling of staying close to the person during that period?
A few years later, what would truly matter is not how much money I had and spent on people, and what i bought them, but how I made them feel. Was I there for my near and dear ones when they needed me the most? What is the use if we aren't able to support our parents in their old-age?
Numerous questions like these keep popping in my head looking for answers. I am definitely not the only one.
All this could be simply dismissed as the rantings of another Indian staying abroad who will possibly change this attitude in an year or so; or just give some serious thought to these questions if they make sense to you.
Hopefully I express my feelings with more clarity next time I sit down to pen my thoughts!
