There is something mystical about mother’s smile

There is something mystical about mother’s smile

Mother isn’t just a member of a family. She is like the sun. Mother’s existence is like the sun;all things in the universe lose their light without it. That is because of Mother’s love. The reason why there is something mystical about mother’s smile is because of the sacrifice that is in her love.

A young man living with his widowed mother happened to lose the sight of both eyes in a car accident. Despite of his mother’s sincere comfort and care, the man felt a great sense of lost. Then one day, he heard that someone donated an eye for him. But he wasn't that pleased because he was looking forward to receive both eyes and live like before.

“Darling, why don’t you get the operation even if there’s only one eye?”

He decided to have the operation since he couldn’t overcome with his mother’s plea.

On the day when he took his bandages off, he bursts into tears. His mother didn't have one eye. But the mother said to him,

“Darling,I wanted to give you both of them, but thinking of you taking care of me who can’t see, I just couldn't.”

This is maternal love. She never grudges though she gives out everything. It is certain when we see the relationship between a bow and an arrow.

The arrow flies further away as the bow bends more. So the mother is like the bow and the child is like the arrow. As much as the parents’ back becomes crooked, the child moves forward. When there is an arrow that flew away furthest, the bow must have been bended a lot to send it.

The bow would be painful as much as it bends. But the bow endures its pain, just to send the arrow further away.

In our surroundings, we can easily find parents and children having relationships like the bow and the arrow. As much as the child is great, the parents’ sacrifice would be much more than that.

If there is a person who achieved, behind those achievements, most of them have their mothers who sacrificed for them.

Source from : From the book of essays, ‘A word that became the strength of my life.’ /JHS