Financial and document lockers are so valuable to the lives of one and all. They are safe, they carry value and are indispensable since they give you satisfaction and peace of mind that is necessary in our life. Lockers are mostly found in closely guarded places and in your safe custody, but the love locker today I am going to talk is out in the open and can be freely created and maintained by everyone.
I am sure that each one of us think that our life in this planet is finite. For this reason, I am sure we decide to deepen the bonds between us and the people we value the most and we find that this locker is very important for us. Routine acts of love and care interspaced with random acts of kindness can bring in a lot of change the way you look at life and relationships with the people you love. This is the most extraordinary form of wealth which you can’t create with money.
Over these years, I have seen many great people who have adorned different roles as Teacher, spouse, friends etc displaying these invaluable nature and wisdom with them. My father was a high school teacher. A person who has lived a minimalistic life, who had all the time and resilience to bring up myself and my two siblings without any complaints was always a wonder to me. Each time I think about my father, my conscious weeps. Throughout his life, he practised utmost love and happiness to his spouse and children and we could never see discontentment or a shouting happening in our family. Even at times, when he was ridiculed for his personality and rustic nature, he had his catalytic smile on his face. A family has to be always together. Just like parents care about the children, siblings have to support each other at later stages when the parents are no more. A family is strong when the members of the family support each other in times of happiness and distress. Under these conditions, no external influence can affect the bonding within the family. I clearly remember, my father always used to advocate this principle.
Some people practise contentment all through their life. As a child, I used to watch my father’s sister (Appachi) at my native place. Whenever I meet her, she used to be always happy to receive all of us irrespective of the conditions at her home. The family at my native place was not that financially sound. However that never deterred my Appachi from receiving and entertaining us. We were always received with an open heart. I used to see her quickly preparing our favorite dishes and with all love serving us with delight. This all used to happen in spite of lots of problems within the house. Appachi was one person who never asked for any thing or expected any favours from us. She used to take pains to see that we are comfortable in the best possible manner.
Serving others irrespective of whether somebody requires our help or not is the most noblest thing one can do. The help is not intended for expecting any return. As a child, you may like to help your parents whether they like it or not. Similarly as elder people, you may like to help your grown up children whether they want it or not. As a grand parent, you continuously engage and pacify your grand children even though they do not require it. You tend to take care of unique needs of the senior and junior members within the family. You take care of all the members of your family by helping them with their special likes and dislikes.
This locker you create is full of love, dedication and commitment to all members of the family. Operating this locker is through unconditional love and commitment to keep the family united through times of trials and turbulance. In our different roles in life including parents and grand parents, it should be our continuous effort to build and protect this love locker and you will agree with me that this locker is more valuable than a locker of cash / Jewellery.
Thank you for reading.
Ajith.
Agree with you sir. But accepting, adjusting and understanding each other is very important.