An 80 year old woman was sitting on the sofa in her house along with her 45 year old highly educated daughter. Suddenly a crow perched on their window. The mother asked her daughter, " What is this ? " The daughter replied , " It is a crow ". After a few minutes , the mother asked her daughter the 2nd time ,"What is this ?" The daughter said, "Mother , I have just now told you , It's a crow ". After a little while , the old mother again asked her daughter the 3rd time , " What is this ? " At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the daughter's tone when she said to her mother with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow". A little after, the mother again asked her daughter the 4th time , " What is this ? " This time the daughter shouted at her mother , " Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again , although I have told you so many times " IT IS A CROW ". Are you not able to understand this ?" A little later the mother went to her room and came back with an old tattered diary, which she had maintained since her daughter was born. On opening a page, she asked her daughter to read that page. When the daughter read it, the following words were written in the diary :- " Today my little daughter aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My daughter asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to her all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged her lovingly each time she asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child ". While the little child asked her 23 times " What is this ? ", the mother had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when today the mother asked her daughter the same question just 4 times , the daughter felt irritated and annoyed.

So ... If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at them as a burden, but speak to them with gracious words; be cool, obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your parents. From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered their unconditional selfless love on me. They crossed all mountains and valleys and protected me from the storm and heat to make me become a person presentable in society today ".