{"id":66878,"date":"2024-01-31T10:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T03:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=66878"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T03:03:27","slug":"when-was-last-time-you-talked-to-your-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/when-was-last-time-you-talked-to-your-father\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen Was Last Time You Talked To Your Father?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>A Scholar was being interviewed by a young professional. Interview started..\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man \u2013 <strong>Sir, in your last lecture, you told us about CONTACT and CONNECTION. It was really confusing. Can you please explain?\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar smiled and asked, <strong>\u201cAre you from this city?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man replied, <strong>\u201cYes.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar asked, <strong>\u201cWho\u2019s in your family?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man felt that scholar was trying to avoid his question by asking such personal questions.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Yet he replied, <strong>\u201cFather, two brother and a sister. Siblings are all married.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar asked again with smile on face,<strong> \u201cDo you talk to your father?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man got annoyed.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Seeing this, Scholar said, <strong>\u201cWhen was last time you talked to him?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man replied, <strong>\u201cMaybe a month ago.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Now, Scholar asked, <strong>\u201cDo you meet your siblings often? When was last time you had a family gathering?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>At this point, young man felt like as if old scholar was interviewing him.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man was feeling uncomfortable with scholar asking all these personal questions, still replied, <strong>\u201cWe last met two years ago at festival.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar asked, <strong>\u201cFor how long did you all stayed together?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man replied, <strong>\u201cThree days..\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar asked, <strong>\u201cHow much time did you spend with your dad, sitting next to him?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man looked upset and embarrassed and started scribbling something on a piece of paper.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar continued, <strong>\u201cDid you have breakfast, lunch or dinner together? Did you ask how he was? Did you ask how was doing?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Tears welled up in eyes of young man.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scholar held young man hand and said, <strong>\u201cDon\u2019t be embarrassed, upset or sad. I am sorry if I hurt you unintentionally but I asked you because this is answer to your question.\n<p><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>You are in \u2018Contact\u2019 with your father but you don\u2019t have a \u2018Connection\u2019.\n<p><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>Connection is heart to heart\u2026 Sitting together, eating, caring for each other, making eye contact, spending some quality time together.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young man wiped his tears and said, <strong>\u201cThank you sir, for teaching me an unforgettable lesson.\u201d\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Learning:<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:' color:>This is the Reality of today, Whether it is at home or in the society, Everyone has a lot of Contacts but there is No Connection. Everyone is busy in their own world.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Let\u2019s just not be in \u2018Contact\u2019 but stay \u2018Connected\u2019\u2026 Caring, Sharing and spending time with all our loved ones.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Scholar was being interviewed by a young professional. Interview started.. Young man \u2013 Sir, in your last lecture, you told us about CONTACT and CONNECTION. It was really confusing. Can you please explain? Scholar smiled and asked, \u201cAre you from this city?\u201d Young man replied, \u201cYes.\u201d Scholar asked, \u201cWho\u2019s in your family?\u201d Young man\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":66880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"A Scholar was being interviewed by a young professional. Interview started.. 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