I wrote about mothers on mother’s
day, thought of writing about fathers also on this special day.
Father’s day is a day of honouring
fathers, brothers, uncles or any other male figure in our life. It has been
celebrated worldwide on the third Sunday of June every year since June, 1910,
when the idea of recognizing the contributions and sacrifices was first
originated in United States. Remarkably, this gesture has been given a warm
welcome in India as well and we do celebrate this day expressing our love,
adoration and gratitude towards these special people.
From the bachelorhood to a married
man and then to a father, their journey flips about 180 degree. In our society, men have a pre-settled set of
responsibilities which are actually born with them on their birth. They are
always taught for giving their best for the family, to be most selfless person
for their relatives.
They are programmed as a problem
solver in every aspect of life. This type of upbringing makes them unaware
about their own needs, their own wishes.
FATHER
Father is another name of highest
sense of responsibility. They give their
best to serve their family irrespective of their own discomforts. They
sacrifice, sacrifice and sacrifice without even letting anyone know their aches
and pains. They endow us with all the latest facilities available within his
reach.
When I talk about fathers, I saw only
a few of them who are actually aware about their likes and dislikes. I mean, I
do not even remember when my own father purchased a handkerchief or a pair of
socks for himself. They are so submerged into the fulfillment of family’s needs
that they actually do not care about themselves. They know our requirements even prior to
us. They are the simplest yet most
elegant personalities on this Earth.
The forgotten HERO
Though they are a bit rigid sometimes
but they are more like a coconut, hard from the surface but softer at heart.
Almost half of their life goes in molding themselves as the best of humankind
for their children. They are the hero for all of us. They are best specimen of
strength. They work as the best machinery
for boosting the fuel of confidence in us. Father is the first realized sense
of security. Whenever, he is around, we are assured of our safety.
Father is an unsung hero. He is the
person who allows us to experiment our life in our own way and pulls us up when
we fall. He allows us to get angry on him and later, pour his adoration even more
than earlier. He lets us seeing the world our own way and then put forth his
views. He never imposes his rules on us, in fact, he permits us to choose our
own path. He is always with us, specially when we are in need. He settles his
routine according to his family’s schedule. He teaches us our own strengths,
our power to achieve everything we wish. He inculcates all the goodness in us.
He instills all the good values in our life. No matter, how tall we become but
we always look upto him in odd times. In fact, I believe that it’s his
teachings only which shape up our mindset in difficult times.
In short, their sacrifices and
contributions to world are innumerable. A father means many things, a
compassionate heart, source of strength, source of inspiration, supporting hand
right from the beginning. He has no comparisons, no replacements. His love for
his kids is no lesser than a mother.
On this special day, I salute all the
FATHERS and male father-like figures for all your support, kind heartiness,
compassion, love, strength towards your family, the society and the world at
large.
A shout-out to all the fathers out
there from my side - YOU ALL ARE SPECIAL, YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!
