For a child I believe every day should be a 'Mother's Day',simply because she is the one who brings you forth to enjoy Life in this earth.A mother is always there for you protecting you, supporting you,feeling for , praying for you all the while,and sering you always with a smile always.She is filled with pride as she watches you grow,at the same time her shoulders are always there for you to cry on whenever you need.A mother is every child's best friend.
Having said this I would also wish to say that you need to first understand the person in your life called mother to truly appreciate Mother's Day.
We need to express our gratitude firstly to God for being so kind and generous to us and blessing us with an angel called mother.
Though as Indians we never had until recently a special day for mother's,there have been some Truly Great Mother's(Divine absolutely)who saw a child in everyone and any one who came to them.Sarada Maa(Holy Mother as she was known) comes to my mind right now.
Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna, was born on 22 December 1853 in a poor Brahmin family in Jayrambati, a village adjoining Kamarpukur in West Bengal. Her father, Ramachandra Mukhopadhyay, was a pious and kind-hearted person, and her mother, Shyama Sundari Devi, was a loving and hard-working woman.As a child Sarada was devoted to God, and spent most of her time helping her mother in various household chores like caring for younger children, looking after cattle and carrying food to her father and others engaged in work in the field. She had no formal schooling, but managed to learn the Bengali alphabet. When she was about six years old, she was married to Sri Ramakrishna, according to the custom prevalent in India in those days. At the age of eighteen she walked all the way to Dakshineshwar to meet her husband. Sri Ramakrishna, who had immersed himself in the intense practice of several spiritual disciplines for more than twelve years, had reached the highest state of realization in which he saw God in all beings. He received Sarada Devi with great affection, and allowed her to stay with him. He taught her how to lead a spiritual life while discharging her household duties. They led absolutely pure lives, and Sarada Devi served Sri Ramakrishna as his devoted wife and disciple, while remaining a virgin nun and following the spiritual path.
Sri Ramakrishna looked upon Sarada Devi as a special manifestation of Divine Mother of the universe. In 1872, on the night of the Phala-harini-Kali-puja, he ritualistically worshipped Sarada Devi as the Divine Mother, thereby awakening universal Motherhood latent in her. When disciples began to gather around Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi learned to look upon them as her own children. The room in which she stayed at Dakshineshwar was too small to live in and had hardly any amenities; and on many days she did not get the opportunity of meeting Sri Ramakrishna. But she bore all difficulties silently and lived in contentment and peace, serving the increasing number of devotees who came to see Sri Ramakrishna.
After Sri Ramakrishna’s passing away in 1886, Sarada Devi spent some months in pilgrimage, and then went to Kamarpukur where she lived in great privation. Coming to know of this, the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna brought her to Kolkata. This marked a turning point in her life. She now began to accept spiritual seekers as her disciples, and became the open portal to immortality for hundreds of people. Her great universal mother-heart, endowed with boundless love and compassion, embraced all people without any distinction, including many who had lived sinful lives.Although she had grown up in a conservative rural society without any access to modern education, she held progressive views, and whole-heartedly supported Swami Vivekananda in his plans for rejuvenation of India and the uplift of the masses and women.Although she was highly venerated for her spiritual status, and literally worshipped as the Divine Mother, she continued to live like a simple village mother, washing clothes, sweeping the floor, bringing water from the pond, dressing vegetables, cooking and serving food. At Jayrambati she lived with her brothers and their families. They gave her endless troubles but, established as she was in the awareness of God and in Divine Motherhood, she always remained calm and self-possessed, showering love and blessings on all who came into contact with her. As Sister Nivedita stated, “Her life was one long stillness of prayer.”
In the history of humanity there has never been another woman who looked upon herself as the Mother of all beings, including animals and birds, and spent her whole life in serving them as her children, undergoing unending sacrifice and self-denial. About her role in the mission of Sri Ramakrishna on earth, she stated: “My son, you know the Master had a maternal attitude (matri-bhava) towards every one. He has left me behind to manifest that Divine Motherhood in the world.”On account of her immaculate purity, extraordinary forbearance, selfless service, unconditional love, wisdom and spiritual illumination, Swami Vivekananda regarded Sri Sarada Devi as the ideal for women in the modern age.
There are many more Great Mother's but as I sat to write this blog The Holy Mother came to my mind first.
Though all of us cannot be Divine Mother Sarada Devi,or Mother Teresa,we sure can remember all the selfless and unending service they did with a smile.
I do firmly believe and accept that mother's are selfless and always there for their children,irrespective of the age of their children.
As a flash the incident that comes to my mind is when I met with an accident a few years down the lane, my mother,(she was way past her 70's then)was there at my bedside (the very next day,she flew from Bangalore) in hospital and was there to take charge until I recovered fully well.
Well, well, I can go on and on, the list is endless here.Just would Love to say that I am full of gratitude and feel really blessed to have such a wonderful mother.
I do at the same time hope that I have done at least partial justice to my role as a mother until now,and been there for my children always,when they need me in future too.
Guys trust me, you can rely on me for whatever it is you wish to share.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOM'S AROUND!!!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY AND GOD BLESS!!!
JAI GURU DEV!!!
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