Like a candle, for her loved ones
she burns,
The light on happy faces she
earns
For herself, she will settle for
less,
But for her children, she will
grab the best
As the newborn comes in her lap,
She gives the first lesson of
affection
Holding her child’s finger, she
teaches her to walk,
She will forego her much desired
dress and buy the child her favorite frock
Child’s exams are her own, &
she happily burns the midnight oil,
And when the moment of triumph
comes, she knows it was worth the toil
With dreams of her happy children
in eyes,
She gives in selflessly as time
flies
No matter how many applauds
celebrate your success,
The credit goes to that first
expert who shaped your life to finesse.
As I prepare myself for
motherhood, I am reminded of a famous saying, “With power comes responsibility.”
With motherhood, God gifts a woman the power to bring a new life and shape it
to face the world. As a mother, one aspires to do the best for her children, so
the power to shape the little one’s life also brings the responsibility of
doing it the right way.
“Will I be able to do even an
inch of what mom did for me?” I often ask myself, as goose bumps make their
presence felt. She was and always will
be my ultimate expert – the one and only who taught me the way my life should
be.
Thinking of qualities of an ideal
mom, the benchmark always will be my mom, who managed everything so perfectly;
I am often reminded of the great values she inculcated almost effortlessly in
us, values that go a long way in making us better human beings –
Compassion
To love our family is one thing,
but compassion for society was something my mother devoted her life to. A
doctor, she would treat poor patients for free, even sponsoring their medicines.
As a kid, I would often be irritated with her penchant to embrace anybody
anytime in trouble. But, if I feel my responsibilities as a citizen of this
country, its due to the expert mentor-ship of my mom.
Me v/s my best
While most parents burden their
children with unnecessary comparison with their peers, my mom was always clear
in her definition of competition – it was always Me v/s My best; for it always
ensured I raised the benchmark and strived for the best. It always helped me
focus on my abilities and weed out unnecessary trivial rivalries.
Hope against hope
Life is not always a series of
hits, but a winner is the one who carries the torch of optimism. The best value
mom taught me, optimism always saved me from the whirlpool of frustration in
tough times. No matter how big would be the disappointment, mom would always
tell me, “To an optimist, the glass is always half full.”
Honesty
Mom would often say, “The one who
is honest with self is the one who can be honest with others.” All my formative
years, my struggle was never burdened with the pressure of doing something to
please my parents; rather it was always about finding and following my own path
and learning from my instincts. In tough times, when I felt it all crumbling
down, her guiding light ensured I never deviated from the right path.
To every child, her mom is the
fairy God Mother. But for me, my mom was my mentor, friend and savior who
would read the unspoken me and always ensured perfection in whatever she gave
me. The epitome of perfection, my mom will always inspire me to be an expert
mother to my kids. Even if I am able to be an iota of a mom that she was,
perhaps years later my kids would reflect the same perfection she passed on to
me.
I am participating in the My First Expert contest by Godrej Expert & Indiblogger.
