Gokul

Once upon a time, in a place called Gokul, their lived a mother with her foster son. The mother had no children of her own, but she never minded it, because she doted on her foster son. The child also oblivious of peripheral issues like whom he was born to loved his mother as much. They were going on a long journey together, the kid holding his mother’s finger, and the mother constantly indulging in playful banter with him.

Somewhere during the journey, the child got left behind, the mother didn’t notice and kept walking, when she finally realized and turned back, she saw another child on the way. This child was extremely attractive, well dressed and well mannered but all alone. The mother thought, this is also a child who does not have anyone, and is extremely attractive and good looking, so why cant I take him along as well. She took the second child along as well.

By this time the first son of the mother had caught up. He apologized to his mother for having lost certain paces and again started walking with her. But very soon, the son started to feel a little left out, as the attention of his mother was getting concentrated on the other child. He indulged in certain antics to catch the mother’s attention, but the mother after ignoring it for some time, coldly rebuked him.

When, the child tried to hold his mother’s finger, she took her hand off after some time. The child stopped at the middle of the road where the path split into two separate ways, and started crying, hoping that mother will come and take him along.

But mother kept on walking, she turned for a while, looked at her son, to see what he was doing, realized what the matter was, but refused to stop, kept walking….

The child feeling lost and deserted didn’t know what to do. Shall he keep standing here? Shall he chase his mother and catch up with her or shall he take the other path?

After contemplating for some time, he took the other path. But in his heart of hearts, he still wanted his mother to call him back. He knew that even if she calls back, he probably would not go, yet he wanted comfort of the fact that his mother still loves him. That would have been enough for him to take the journey ahead all on his own.