My Precious...

Have you ever realised that many a time we do not cherish people or things around us? Remember when we first got a new toy, either a PS11 (or is it PS111 now?), a new handphone or IPod, we would handle it so carefully and if any of our friends would dare to accidentally drop it, we would scream their heads off. But over time, we become used to our toys and we don't really care about the little scratches, knocks and bumps inflicted on them. I remember how one of us treated her old handphone, before she bought a new one, she chucked it on the table, knocking it nonchalantly. She said that it's 'sot already' so never mind the rough treatment. Oh, you know who you are! Hahaha.. if you can't guess already.. give me a buzz!

What about people? Sometimes we find that we also treat people like how we treat our toys, not appreciative nor with TLC (translation for clueless ones - tender loving care). More specifically, I'm talking about our mothers. I should have posted something yesterday since we celebrated Mother's Day yesterday, I'm a day late with this posting, never mind lah.. hehe. So, back to our topic, Mothers.

We tend to take our mothers for granted, don't we? That she's always there, always there to feed us, ferry us to school, tuition, movies, give us allowances, care for us when we're sick. It's mom who does all those things tirelessly and lovingly. Oh of course we do get some weird moms once a while, but it's always someone else's mom, not our moms. Our moms are well.... normal lah. When was the last time we took care of our moms? When we put their feelings ahead of ours? When was the last time the world was about our moms and not about us? When she asked us to go shopping with her and you go only after many threats and scolding?

My friend's auntie passed away recently due to a fall. She was an elderly lady and had 5 children. When she passed away, her children were all filled with regrets, because they never got a chance to say goodbye, a chance to tell their old mom that they love her. Don't be regretful when our loved one is no longer around. Be grateful when they are around and treat them with love. Some of us lost our mothers early in life, and we feel for them. I hope we will treat our mothers like a precious jewel, and not like a worn out toy.

p/s And don't just treat her like a queen ONLY for a day man!