After having reached at the peak of his career a man felt an urge to repay*
*back to his mother for all that she had done for him.*
*So he asked her, "Mother, what can I give you? What can I do for you?
I*
*sincerely want to repay you for all the sacrifices you have made for
me*
*and for all the love you have showered upon me."*
*Mother looked surprised and said, "Why do you think about it. It was
my*
*duty so I did it, you don't have to repay me. Even if you want to,
there*
*is no way a man can ever repay his mother."*
*Despite her continuous refusal to ask for anything, he continued to*
*Persist. To put an end to the discussion, she said, "All right. If
you*
*must, then tonight you sleep on my bed, with me, just as you used to
when*
*you were a baby." He said, "That's a strange thing to ask for, but if
it* *pleases
you, I will."*
*As soon as he fell asleep, the mother got up and brought a bucket of*
*water. She poured a mug full of water on his side. Feeling disturbed
by* *the
wetness under him, in his sleep he moved away to the other side of the*
*bed.
As he settled down, his mother poured another mug of water on the other
side. In his slumber he tried to find space towards the foot post of*
*the
bed. Sometime later he woke up feeling that this part of the bed too*
*was
damp. *
*He got up and saw his mother, with the mug in her hand. He asked*
*angrily, "What are you doing mother? Why don't you let me sleep? How
do* *you
expect me to sleep on a wet bed?"*
*Mother said, "I slept with you, when you wetted the bed in the night.
I*
*changed your nappy (diaper made of cotton cloth, used in India ) and
moved*
*you to the dry part of the bed, while I slept on the wet side. *
*You wanted* *to repay me. Can you sleep here even for one night with
me on
a damp bed?*
*If you can, I'll take it that you have repaid me."*
*Dear children, How true it is that of all the debts in the world, the
one*
*that can never be repaid is the one you owe to your mother. *
*You can never* *repay the love, care and time your mother gave to
bring you
up. You are a* *part of her flesh and blood; don't forget this, because
she
never ever* *forgets it.*
*I know you are missing your mother at this very moment....*
**
*There is nothing as beautiful as our mother in this world.*