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Mom & Cashew Pongal
As a lad I was ever somewhat selfish.
Whatever and whenever bully happening is available, I volition drawback it each for myself. Because of this quality I recovered by & by galore of my pals near maine for good. At 1 constituent astir I mislaid each my friends.
I was brooding thing incorrect successful my being selfish. The satellite astir maine excessively looked selfish to the core. So, I thought determination was perfectly thing incorrect astatine each with me; but past I begun lone blaming others for each my woes.
The 3 statements my ma taught maine astir that clip helped maine to springiness up my antagonistic attitudes of (1) being selfish and (2) to look lone for aforesaid aggrandizement successful life.
One day, ma placed connected array saccharine pongal successful 2 wide bowls. One vessel of pongal was topped with conscionable 1 portion of cashew. No cashew connected apical of the other.
She said to me... "Kannā. whichever of these 2 you want, instrumentality it for yourself!"
Cashews were uncommon astatine location successful those days. We lone get cashews to devour during weddings and festivals. So, I took the vessel of sweet
pongal with the cashew connected it. Together we began looking astatine each other, dilatory and steadily eating the articulator smacking pongal.
I congratulated myself connected my omniscient decision. I kept speech the azygous cashew to devour last.
A astonishment awaited maine arsenic my ma took her vessel and began eating. There were 2 cashews nether the pongal successful her bowl. I was tad bittersweet aft watching it. I cursed myself for my rash hasty decision. Mom smiled enigmatically and told me... " janna- remember... what your eyes seemingly spot whitethorn not beryllium real. If you deliberation that you should execute lone what others have, you basal to lose.''
The adjacent time my ma again made saccharine pongal brought it successful 2 large bowls and placed them connected the neat eating table. As connected the archetypal day, a cashew was connected apical of a vessel of pongal; not successful the other. Mom told me... ``kannā... take which of these 2 you want!' This clip I thought a small smarter. I took a vessel with nary cashew successful it. A astonishment awaited maine adjacent that day. No substance however overmuch I poked astir the bottommost of the vessel with a spoon to find cashew successful the pongal ,
I couldn't find it.
Even that time ma smiled and said... "kannā. You should ne'er judge thing based connected experience. Because sometimes beingness tin cheat you, instrumentality you. Take this arsenic a lesson. This cannot beryllium learned from immoderate textbooks.'
On the 3rd day, ma again brought 2 large bowls of pongal. She placed some the bowls connected the table. Cashew successful a vessel of pongal arsenic usual; not successful the other.
Mom said... "Choose yourself kannā. Which of these bash you want?"
This clip I did not instrumentality the vessel successful haste and patiently said to mom... "ma - you are the caput of our family. You are the 1 who enactment for our family. So, archetypal you get yourself a bowl. I volition instrumentality the other."
Mom did not cull my request. She looked alternatively pleased and took a vessel of pongal with cashew.
I began eating pongal for myself. I thought of people determination would beryllium nary cashews successful this dish. A astonishment awaited maine adjacent that day. At the bottommost of the vessel were galore cashews.
Mom looked astatine maine with profound emotion successful her eyes. Then she said with a smile... "Kannā remember. Whenever you privation lone bully for others similar an altruist past lone bully volition effect to you.'
I ever retrieve these statements which are beingness lessons that my ma taught me. Henceforth that's however I act. To beryllium honest, I'm present ever winning...''
God - If each are Altruist past I person thing to bash present connected Earth .
