 Today is the Senior Citizens Day !!! It is the day when we tell the senior citizens how invaluable they are to us and to the society .
When we talk about senior citizens , we immediately remember our grandparents ! Yes, whether it is dada daadi or nana naani, they cannot be compared to anyone at all. They are simply the best !!! Grandparents adore you like anything. They pamper you to bits, they raise you to the skies, they make you feel special in every possible way!!! It does not matter whether you live in the same house or in different cities, but the minute you talk to them, the distance disappears. When they were younger and you were younger too, it is they who filled your world with love, colors, beauty, companionship and confidence. Even before you wished for anything, they fulfilled it. Not for a moment they made you feel lonely. Anytime you wanted to share anything or wanted to talk, even when busy they always made the time to listen to you in rapt attention. When you wished to play and all were busy in chores, it was your grandfathers who became your game partners. When you felt tired to eat, it was your granma who fed you. When you felt cranky it was them who soothed your nerves. When you were ill, they sat up night after night looking after you. Anytime you did something good, they cheered and celebrated it as if you won a Olympic medal !! Everytime you faced a failure, big or small, they were beside you silently sharing the pain and in subtle ways boosting your morale and rebuilding your confidence. It was your grandparents who regaled you with stories and in each of those stories laid a hidden message , a message that helped in building your personality. They showered all their love on you and never asked for anything in return.
Today when you are older, they are older too. Today, they can't work or be as agile as they used to be before. They love you still just the way they did then, they want to talk and share your world but today your world has broadened too much and you don't have enough time in there to give them. It's not that you stopped loving them or something, but somehow your daily schedules and your broadened world has left you with very little time in hand. They paid undivided attention to your every needs, but somehow today you don't have the patience in your busy schedule to meet theirs. They fulfilled every little wish of yours then, you remember to wish them too and inquire about their health, that's all. Today besides the aches and pains of old age, they also have another illness - it is loneliness. They have all the time ion the world, but no one to share it with. No one has enough time to listen to their stories, or meet their childish tantrums or make them feel wanted or cherished by giving them undivided attention..
We all can do better then a cursory hug or a "hi ,how are you". We can actually spend some quality time with them and make them happy.They won't ask for it, but we can do it by ourselves ,right ?
Today in this thread let us reminicise our golden moments with our grandparents. Please tell us what is the importance of your grandparents in your lives ? Do you spend time with them ? What do you usually do to make them feel cherished ?
Our grandparents contribution is invaluable in our lives, there's no doubt about that, but we should not tell them this just on this day. We should tell them this everyday. They make us feel special so why not us reciprocate the same . Respect them, love them, value them, cherish them and pamper them like never before.
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