“Love your parents and treat them with loving care. For you will only know their value when you see their empty chair.” –Anonymous
I decided to start this conversation because of a donation of sanitary materials made by our village association to an elderly home in the last week of last month. There, I had the opportunity to interact with many elderly people. I observed how miserable those elderly people were spending their last days. They made great sacrifices in the time they could to give their children a good quality of life. They dedicated themselves to the education and development of their children regardless of the sun, rain, day or night. In their old age, all they hope for is to be happy with their children and spend time freely. But unfortunately, such a situation is rarely seen in today's society.
After a child is conceived, the mother carries and takes care of her child in her womb for nine months with great affection. With boundless compassion. During that pregnancy, they do not work hard and do not even eat the food they like. After 9 months, after the baby comes into the world, they turn their blood into breast milk and feed the new baby, and even remove the baby's feces without any hesitation with great love. From then on, until the child enters adolescence and gets married, the parents are like a shadow. The comforts and conveniences that the child receives can change. Poor parents cannot provide luxurious facilities for their children like the rich. But any parent works to provide facilities to their children to the best of their ability. I am writing this, and you who are reading this are in this position today because of our beloved parents.
When we look back on this, it is clear that the situation was completely different two decades ago. At that time, parents were treated very well in old age, and a large number of elderly homes were not established. At that time, the quality of children's morals was highly demonstrated. Their main goal was to become a better citizen of the society and earn an income and provide a comfortable life for their parents in the end. I learned the value of maintaining relationships within the family corporation from a young age. We still have a strong bond with our cousins. Today, my father is single, and we provide him with the food, medicine and care he needs. We always make him listen to positive audio tapes, religious sermons, etc. to increase his mental strength. My goal is to provide proper care to his parents until they die.
Nowadays, due to the decline in values, children start showing signs of parental disapproval from the age of 12. After getting a good education and getting into a good career and getting married, they consider their elderly parents a burden and take them to old age homes. I do not hesitate to call them criminals because of the cruelty they inflict on their parents, who made great sacrifices to get them to that background. Nowadays, drug addicts also treat their parents cruelly to fulfill their drug needs. I recently heard that his father was put in a kennel for the pet dog at home because he was not given money to buy drugs. The deterioration of children's values is due to factors such as lack of good social relationships, drug addiction, and misuse of the Internet. This has greatly affected the well-being of society, and today, voluntary elderly homes can be seen in almost every area.
Such voluntary elderly homes provide good sanitary facilities and even other essential items. Some donors and NGOs provide assistance to them. No matter what facilities they receive, those elderly people live in unhappiness and immense sadness. They remember the moments when they are not with their children, whether they are in the upper or lower classes of society, with tears in their eyes. They continue to live in the hope that their children will one day come to visit them. Therefore, we should not forget that parents are a part of our lives. That is why this conversation began with a very valuable life quote about parents.
