SERYOSO… (sincere…)

MOM, YOU’RE THE BEST!

Mom has always been the best, her painstaking world revolves around us her children.. we are who we are now because of her.. Like Dad who pass away when we were young, we love her so much. Thanks to a friend, this story which I come across during mother’s day made me cry… hope you’ll like it:

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take my MOM out to dinner. “I love you, but I know your MOM loves you & would love to spend some time with you!”

My MOTHER has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of work & three children made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

That night, I called to invite her to go out for dinner. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked…I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you, just the two of us,” I said. She thought about it for a moment, “I would like that very much.”

Friday after work, I drove over to pick her up. She waited at the door with coat on. She had curled her hair & wearing the dress she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled as radiant as an angel. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed, they can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”

My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. I had to read the menu since her eyes could only read large print. I lifted my eyes & saw Mom staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to read the menu when you were small,” she said. Now it’s time that You relax & let me return the favor, I responded.

We had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if u let me invite u!”

A few days later, my MOM died of a massive heart attack. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from where we dined. An attached note said: “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for 2 plates one for you & the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve.

DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

This story was emailed to me by a friend, and I want to share with you, I hope you’ll find inspiring:

A lady in faded gingham dress w/ husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly w/o an appointment into Harvard University President’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard & probably didn’t even deserve to be in Cambridge.

“We’d like to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary snapped. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping they would finally be discouraged & go away. They didn’t, the secretary grew frustrated & finally decided to disturb the president, eventhough it was a chore she always regretted.

“Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she said to him. He sighed in exasperation & nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend w/ them, he detested gingham dresses & homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.

The president, stern faced & with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, “We had a son who attended Harvard for a year. He loved Harvard & was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband & I would like erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.” The president wasn’t touched. He was shocked. “Madam,” he said, gruffly, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like cemetery.”

“Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly. “We don’t want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard.” The Pres. rolled his eyes. He glanced at gingham dress & homespun suit, then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much building costs? We have over $7.5M in the physical buildings here at Harvard.”

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it cost to start a university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. The president’s face wilted in confusion & bewilderment.

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up & walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the university that bears their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

Moral Lesson:

Whether the historical acount of this literature is true or not, one thing should remain, whe must not judge a person.   A modern day example also is Susan Boyle a singer, whom audiences easily judged base on appearance and the clothes she wears.

We hope not to be judgemental in the way we treat people, after all, the best gift that we could receive comes in unsuspecting package: Salvation bought about by a person who was born in a manger, a carpenter’s son and was crucified and died for our sins.

Let us always remember the golden rule:  ”Dont do unto others what you dont want others do unto you.”