IcyCosmic
23 July 2012, 06:33 AM
So on sunday, my grandparents were coming from India. (My mothers side)
My grandad is almost 83 and grandmother almost 70, my grandad only has 30% hearing [on his good days] and they have both become extremely fragile as you may imagine. We were worried about how they would get here.
I knew someone would hopefully help along the way, but when we went to pick them up - there was a nice young indian lady who had accepted my grandparents as her own parents, and literally done everything for them!
Picked, and loaded their bags, filled their forms, got them through customs, I mean everything to the point of escorting them out of arrivals. One of their suitcases broke and she even bought them a new one!
It was very pleasant to see. There is a whole lot of corruption and greed going on in India and around the world, but for those who (choose) to grow from the nourishing values of our sanskar they become such beautiful people like that young lady. It was really nice to see. Otherwise, in this day and age who cares for our elders? I personally love old people - so much wisdom but people are becoming so impatient and selfish.
That's just my opinion, it brought a smile to my face!
Jai Jai mahadev!
My grandad is almost 83 and grandmother almost 70, my grandad only has 30% hearing [on his good days] and they have both become extremely fragile as you may imagine. We were worried about how they would get here.
I knew someone would hopefully help along the way, but when we went to pick them up - there was a nice young indian lady who had accepted my grandparents as her own parents, and literally done everything for them!
Picked, and loaded their bags, filled their forms, got them through customs, I mean everything to the point of escorting them out of arrivals. One of their suitcases broke and she even bought them a new one!
It was very pleasant to see. There is a whole lot of corruption and greed going on in India and around the world, but for those who (choose) to grow from the nourishing values of our sanskar they become such beautiful people like that young lady. It was really nice to see. Otherwise, in this day and age who cares for our elders? I personally love old people - so much wisdom but people are becoming so impatient and selfish.
That's just my opinion, it brought a smile to my face!
Jai Jai mahadev!