One morning at Singapore Airport

I had a small experience recently which I had thought of sharing it with everybody. I met an old man Verendra (60) at Singapore airport where I had to wait for 3 hours to catch my next  flight to Brisbane. He was moving thoughtlessly and he asked me gently whether I am an Indian. I said yes. So we started our conversation as we both had some time to catch our next flight. He had started talking about some general things, experiences in abroad etc. He has two kids, Elder one (working) in England and Younger one (working) in Auckland. He was returning from Auckland after spending a holiday with his younger son. I had a good conversation with him and I dint know how the time had passed. In the end I asked him why dint he take his wife along with him to Auckland. He said that his wife is with god now and she had left him 25 years back. He told normally that she had suffered from Tuberculosis and she had died due to lack of proper treatment. It was a love marriage. He endured that pain for 25 years. For one second tears had rolled out  from my eyes but somehow I gained by composure. He raised both of his sons all alone by himself and now he travelling abroad to meet his sons all alone. I learnt two things in my life after that conversation.

•  Life is too short and we never know when our time will come to leave this world. Be with your loved ones as much as you can and show your love towards them all the time. Life is too short to develop anger, disappointment, misunderstanding or anything that ruins a relationship.
• Don’t abandon your parents in their old age. No matter how many friends, relatives, loved ones you have, parents are the one who had sacrificed everything to get all the happiness in your life.  Being lonely is very hard, especially in old age.