Taken for Granted

There was a serial called “Aai” on some Marathi channel. I don’t know if it’s still running, I never watched it, but when I go to my native place, sometimes I see its trailer/promotion.

A mother is always taken for granted by her husband, by her in-laws, and by her children. Meaning, she should be available for anything, anytime, this is everyone’s desire and even think of as their right.

She too keeps toiling endlessly, she doesn’t find anything wrong in it, without expecting anything in return, she does it all. That’s about the mother. Many times, the same happens with us, too.

We, too, are taken for granted; the eldest son must now take responsibility, the eldest daughter-in-law must take care of everyone, the younger ones must always obey everyone, and so on.

Even in the office, the one who works well, who helps everyone, is the one burdened. He, too, sometimes genuinely wanting to help or to gain experience, does it all without complaining.

But that mother, elder brother, or elder daughter-in-law, the youngest at home, or that person at the office, all of them must be feeling at some point that someone should try to understand them.

The constant suffocation, no one feeling anything for you, and especially as mentioned above, being taken for granted, no one understands the pain in that person’s mind.

All of them must be feeling its okay, I’m struggling, working hard and even if no one helps, but just few words saying, “Mom, how much you work for us”, “Bro, I’ll help you now onwards”, or “to that cousin, take some rest on Sunday”, or giving that person at the office a bit of credit, would calm their hearts.

Whether anyone does anything for them or not, they’ll keep doing what they have to, without expecting anything, but those words soothe their heart with a unique happiness, that’s all… they want nothing more.