Mega Mart

Life is an unpredictable teacher. It will teach you many important lessons in strange ways, at unexpected moments.

Yesterday, a friend and I went shopping at Mega Mart. While waiting for some alterations to be made to the new purchases, we visited the food court in the mall to indulge our famished selves. As we gulped down the delicious viands, I noticed a young, married couple entering the foodcourt. The woman held a kid in her arms. Their humble dressing clashed with the flashy ambience and the grandly clad folks around.

The couple seemed apprehensive about venturing in, and cast nervous glances about them. Tiptoeing their way to the counter they glanced up at the oversized menu hanging overhead. On seeing the exhorbitant prices, the husband gently pulled the wife's hand and led her out of the restaurant.

It made me think about the begone days when our parents had to cut out on many of their joys inorder to provide for us, inorder to ensure that our future be bright. Every bit that they held up..stored up..restraining themselves on unwanted expenditures, all thinking that their children might have a bright future.

And how recklessly we spend money now, throwing it away on luxuries. Maybe we ought to think how this money came to us in the first place, the prices paid, the struggles undertaken by our parents in the past. It's time that we made them feel special and pamper them, rather than selfish indulgences on our part.

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