FATHER: An Epitome of Unconditional Love and Care

 

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!