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Mother
This is
a truly
BEAUTIFUL piece. Please read this at a slow pace,
digesting every word and in leisure ... do not hurry ... this is a
treasure ...
For
those lucky to still be
blessed with your Mom, this is beautiful. For those of us
who aren't, this is even more
beautiful. For those who are Moms, you'll love this.
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The
young mother set her foot on
the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked.
And the guide said: "Yes, and the
way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of
it. But the end
will be better than the beginning."
But the young mother was
happy, and she would not believe that
anything could be better than these years. So she played
with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way,
and bathed
them in the clear streams, and the sun shone on them, and the
young
Mother cried, "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."
Then the night came, and
the storm, and the path was dark, and
the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them
close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, "Mother,
we
are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come."
And the morning came, and
there was a hill ahead, and the
children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But at
all times she said to the children, "A little patience and we are
there." So the children climbed, and when they reached the
top they said, "Mother, we could not have done it without you."
And the mother, when she
lay down at night looked up at the stars
and said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children
have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave
them
courage. Today, I've given them strength."
And the next day came
strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and
evil, and the children groped and stumbled,
and the mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light."
And the children looked
and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and
it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother
said,
"This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and
the weeks and the months and the years,
and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her
children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when
the
way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and
at
last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and
golden gates flung wide. And mother said, "I have reached the end
of my journey. And now I know the end is better than the
beginning, for my
children can walk alone, and their children after them."
And the children said,
"You will always walk with us, Mother, even
when you have gone through the gates."
And they stood and
watched her as she went on alone, and the
gates closed after her. And they said, "We cannot see her but she
is with
us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is
a living
presence......."
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Your Mother is always
with you ... She's the whisper of the leaves
as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your
freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're
not
well. Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's
crystallized in
every tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home,
and she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your
first
love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate
you.
Not time, not space ... not even death!
Contributed
by
Eranga
Jayalathatachchi
Defining
Moments
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© 2006, Jace Carlton. All International Rights Reserved.
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