Old and Young.
When I was growing up my grandfather had a picture frame in the living room saying:-
"Don't make a habit of eating anything unless you are extremely hungry".
And we believed that without thinking much over it at all.We actually thought that this is a very profound and self improving slogan.
As I grew up I did not think much about it ,but I was not a big foodie anyway.I did not care much about food.Sweets were not my thing and I could care less how much chicken or egg I eat in a week.May be also because we ate non-vegetarian food very often.As I grew up ,I would actually dislike eating chicken more often .The reason was because I had to cook most of the time and I did not like that.
Later All of us grew up,found their own settlements ,parents grew older and eventually became vegetarians.Ironically in our society old people should become vegetarians as they become old ,because that is the general norm for old people to do in the society.Such a show-off. Amaze me sometimes.
However as the parents become older so did the new generation was born and wanted to eat more and more of non-vegetarian food.The dilemma is spending money on unnecessary food is equal to splurging for my brother.He has picked the path of my grandfather which is not to eat unless you are hungry leave alone eating chicken or fish and egg.This choice can be because of myriads of reasons.
What breaks my heart is a thing which was so unimportant to me once has become such a big reason to create splits between family members.My brother dosent want to spend money on food items like these where as my nephew wants to eat good food.After all he is young and full of life.He wants to eat well ,live well ,his life is full of dreams.He want to live happily.Do what he wants,eat what he pleases.
Why is there so much gap between the young and old thinking process.Why do people in India start giving up on life as they cross 40 years of age.Why do we make our older generation feel so old at such an early age or for that reason at any age.Older generation wont eat good food,wont wear colorful clothes,life's comfort mean nothing to them.All these make them look and feel even older then they actually are .
Here when I eat chicken or egg my eyes tear up for my Nephew whom I love more then anything.He is the world to me in a very different ,unexplainable way.
"Don't make a habit of eating anything unless you are extremely hungry".
And we believed that without thinking much over it at all.We actually thought that this is a very profound and self improving slogan.
As I grew up I did not think much about it ,but I was not a big foodie anyway.I did not care much about food.Sweets were not my thing and I could care less how much chicken or egg I eat in a week.May be also because we ate non-vegetarian food very often.As I grew up ,I would actually dislike eating chicken more often .The reason was because I had to cook most of the time and I did not like that.
Later All of us grew up,found their own settlements ,parents grew older and eventually became vegetarians.Ironically in our society old people should become vegetarians as they become old ,because that is the general norm for old people to do in the society.Such a show-off. Amaze me sometimes.
However as the parents become older so did the new generation was born and wanted to eat more and more of non-vegetarian food.The dilemma is spending money on unnecessary food is equal to splurging for my brother.He has picked the path of my grandfather which is not to eat unless you are hungry leave alone eating chicken or fish and egg.This choice can be because of myriads of reasons.
What breaks my heart is a thing which was so unimportant to me once has become such a big reason to create splits between family members.My brother dosent want to spend money on food items like these where as my nephew wants to eat good food.After all he is young and full of life.He wants to eat well ,live well ,his life is full of dreams.He want to live happily.Do what he wants,eat what he pleases.
Why is there so much gap between the young and old thinking process.Why do people in India start giving up on life as they cross 40 years of age.Why do we make our older generation feel so old at such an early age or for that reason at any age.Older generation wont eat good food,wont wear colorful clothes,life's comfort mean nothing to them.All these make them look and feel even older then they actually are .
Here when I eat chicken or egg my eyes tear up for my Nephew whom I love more then anything.He is the world to me in a very different ,unexplainable way.
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