A Great Lesson

I went to a church dinner this evening and took away from it a great lesson/analogy which i dare say will affect me for the rest of my life. Let me now share this with you people and hopefully it will leave an everlasting impact in you too.

If our parents were different kind of balls for sports games, what would you have treated your parents as?
A soccer ball which u will make use of to achieve your own personal goals?
A table tennis ball which u bat back and forth with your siblings to avoid responsibility for taking care of them?
Or will you eventually, like most adults who are too engrossed in and "dedicated" to realising their dreams or pursueing a success in their careers, treat them like a golf ball and tryna hit them as far away as possible?
NO! NO! NO! If you are already subconsciously concurring with any one of the above analogies, please... repent and STOP DOING THAT! Those are definitely NOT the ways for treating your parents when he and she are actually the ones who have brought you up and paid for your education which will assumably gain you wealth and happiness in the future.
A happiness of quality and meaning is one which manifests from the lives of people around you. I don't think you can call it happniess that you have when your parents are devoid of it. (This may not apply to us now but it's never too early to be filial =)
So, to my dear friends of 3J; from this very moment, start to treat your parents like rugby balls. No matter how battered you are or how choppy your life gets, hold on to them dearly even when you are dashing for your goals.

Love them always. From today till our dying day, till we are old and grey.