Been a looong time since i wrote something. Been a a long time since i felt like writing something. When i woke today, CRASH was being shown on Star Movies. There are sequences in the movie where the vulnerability of aged parents is shown.. parents who are suffering.. physicaly.. mentaly.. and their grown up kids are trying to become parents to them.
For a brief moment, i tried to visualize myself in that position..the position of one such grown up kid.. and i was overcome with emotions. As kids we all long to grow up… we do not see what responsibilities life would throw at us once we ARE grown ups.. For most of us, our parents are our Heroes… imagine for a moment these heroes turning into absolutely vulnerable souls..
Its tough …right? yes it is. What is tougher..is that most of us would have our own kids to take care of by the time our parents grow up to be our kids..
Some of us would take it well…with some internal struggles and pains.. some others would struggle with the pain perennially.. and that, I guess is the nature of the riddle called life… we continue looking at the horizon, some times oblivious to the responsibilities which life will throw at us.. all the time hoping that it would be good…at least better than what we have.
Interesting thought here: All of us are born with our kids 
.. so the enitre life cycle can be summed up as Birth- Kidhood – Adulthood – Parenthood – Kidhood – Tata Bye Bye
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hmm… welcome back… and with a bang… very well written… adding one more point… most of us are craving to be succesful in our own fields.. trying to explore new horizons from different locations… far away from where your parents live… far away from them…
They might need us at that point of time… every single day… though they wont say anything… it is upto us to understand our responsibility towards them… either convince them to come and live with us or we need to compromise and live with them… choice is difficult as usual…
well said Gaurav. On the same lines i guess there is a lesson for all of us… we should not weave our lives around our kids… it works two ways..gives them the courage to venture out without guilty feeling and at the same time it would help us in coping better with their absence for extended periods.
take care
yeah… agreed.. but… is very difficult yaar…
Nice article.. Really thoughtful.
It is really difficult when one day all of a sudden you have to be standing in front of a bunch of responsibilities that you never really imagined of handling.
And it is also difficult to imagine how it will be when I become so old and weak as kid again, unable to support myself. It will indeed be a pathetic state to be in..rite?
Hi Rineez,
i had all but forgotten this blog post, thanks for making me read it again… yeah old age becomes a lonely spot if you dont have Kids/life partner/friends to share it…
On second thoughts… would’nt it be pure bliss if our mental faculties too become like children in old age…