A man was just 45 years old when his wife passed away…His relatives and friends advised him to remarry…

But he never married again or settled down. He had only one son. And he just wanted to focus on raising him.

Whenever someone asked him why he doesn’t want to marry again…

He replied, “My son is a gift to me from my wife. I will look after him well and my life will be successful with his success.”

The man fulfilled his promise… His son grew up…After his graduation, he started handling his father’s business. Soon…the son got married in grand style! The father decided that it was his time to retire. He handed out his business to his son and retired.

After a year or so, the father had his breakfast a bit early one morning

He wanted to eat some curd. So, he asked his daughter-in-law, “Daughter, is there curd in the fridge?”. The daughter-in-law said that there was no curd.

His daughter in law said there was no curd….this was heard by his son…who was entering the dining area for breakfast.

The son heard it from the other room.

After the father had his breakfast, the son and his wife sat down to have breakfast….The wife came with a bowl of curd.

The son realized that his wife had lied to his father. After having his breakfast and with no comments, the son also left home for office.

The son couldn’t stop thinking about the curd incident.

He just couln’t get it out of his head. That night he went back home and couln’t sleep the whole night.

The next morning, the son went to the father and said…“Father, it’s time that you get married. I want you to remarry”.

His father told him “Son, I do not need a second marriage at this age and I give you all the love, you do not need a mother. Why should I get married now?”

The son smiled and replied, “Father, I don’t want a mother for me. I’m not getting you a new wife. I just want you to have a bowl of curd every morning. I want someone who would serve you that”.

The son handed over the business back to his father. He moved out of the house with his wife to a rented apartment.

The son said to his father, “I want to work under you, dad. Just like a normal paid worker”

The father asked, “Son, Why do you want to live like this?”

The son replied, “Because I want my wife to know the value of a bowl of curd.”

Our parents sacrifice their whole life for us…We must not forget them once we are settled!

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He started to walk in the street and the neighbors asked Jerry, “Are you looking for Thomas?” Jerry responded by nodding his head. The neighbors gave the present address and office address of Thomas to the Jerry. Jerry thanked them and started towards the path which will lead to his son. Jerry went to the office and asked at the reception counter, “Could you please tell me the location of Thomas, in this office?” The receptionist asked, “May I know how you are related to him?” Jerry responded politely by saying, “I’m his father.” The receptionist said, Jerry to wait for a moment and rang up to Thomas and conveyed the same. Thomas was shocked and told the receptionist to send his father to the cabin immediately.

Jerry entered the cabin and when he saw Thomas, his eyes were filled with tears.

Thomas was happy to see his father. They had a simple conversation for a while and then Jerry asked Thomas, “Son! Mom wants to see you. Can you Come home with me?”

Thomas responded, “No father. I can’t come. I am very busy working for my success and it’s hard to manage a leave to visit as my hands are full with loads of stressful work .” Jerry gave a simple smile and said, “Okay! You may do your work. I’ll be going back to our village today evening.” Thomas asked, “You can stay for few days with me. Please.” Jerry responded after a moment of silence, “Son. You are busy with your tasks. I don’t want to make you uncomfortable or become a burden for you.” Continued, “I hope if ever had a chance to meet you again, I would be happy.” He left the place.

After a few weeks, Thomas wondered why his father came alone after a long time, he felt bad for treating his father in a weird manner.

He felt guilty for it and took a leave in office for few days and went to his village to meet his father. When he went to the place where he was born and grew up, he saw that his parents were not there. He was shocked and asked the neighbors, “What happened here? My parents have to be there. Where are they now?” The neighbors gave the address of the place where his parents are staying.

Thomas rushed to the place and noticed that the place was like a graveyard. Thomas eyes were filled with tears and started to walk slowly towards the place. His father Jerry noticed Thomas in a far distance and waved his hand to draw his attention. Thomas saw his father and started to run and hugged him.

Jerry asked, “How are you?” and continued, “What a surprise to see you here. I didn’t expect that you would be coming to this place.”

Thomas felt ashamed and kept his head down.

Jerry said, “Why are you feeling bad. Has anything wrong happened?” Thomas responded, “No father” continued, “It’s just I never knew that I would be seeing you in this position in our village.”

Jerry smiled and said, “I had taken a loan when you moved to a city for your college to pay for your education, then again when you wanted a new car, but due to a loss in farming, I couldn’t repay the loan. So I thought of approaching you for a help, but you were very busy and stressed with your work. I just didn’t want to burden you with this problem and remained silent and I had to let go of our home to repay the loan.”

Thomas whispered, “You could’ve told me. I’m not an outsider.” Jerry turned around and said, “You were very busy and stressed with your work which made me remain quiet. All we wanted was your happiness. So I kept quiet.”

Thomas started to cry and hugged his father again.

He apologized to his father and asked to forgive him for his mistake. Jerry smiled and said, “No need for that. I’m happy with what I got now. All I want is that you spare some time for us, we love you very much and at this old age it’s hard to travel to see you often.”

Moral: Parents will always be there and give everything they could just to make you happy. We take them for granted, we don’t appreciate all they do for us until it’s too late. When you find a path of success in your life, carry on but don’t leave your parents behind as they are the true reason of your success.