Evening Dinner with a Father

A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner.  Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers.  Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.

After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the washroom, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly.  When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that.  The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father.

At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, “Don’t you think you have left something behind?”.

The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t”.

The old man retorted, “Yes, you have!  You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father”.

The restaurant went silent.

Moral: To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.   We all know, how our parents cared for us for every little thing.  Love them, respect them, and care for them.

'259' Thoughts on a Story

  1. Really touching

  2. Nice story.

  3. good one

  4. This story has given me hope and it’s a reminder that what I did for my parents (2002 – 2006) in their last days upon the earth did not go in vain. I lived away from them in the USA for 31 years; then I moved back to my home country to look after them until they both passed away (mom in October 2005 and dad in March 2006). After reading this story, I know that what I did for those few years, when they needed me most, was worth it.

  5. It is so heart-touching.

  6. india k hi honge

  7. keep adding more stories its very fantastic and awosome

  8. It’s really touching… miss my dad…

  9. Very Heart touching storie.

  10. keep add more stories like this

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