Mother, what can I give you? What can I do for you?

Mother, what can I give you? What can I do for you?

After having reached at the peak of his career a man felt an urge to
repayback to his mother for all that she had done for him.
So he asked her, "Mother, what can I give you? What can I do for you? I
sincerely want to repay you for all the sacrifices you have made for me
and for all the love you have showered upon me."

Mother looked surprised and said, "Why do you think about it. It was my
duty so I did it, you don't have to repay me. Even if you want to, there
is no way a man can ever repay his mother."

Despite her continuous refusal to ask for anything, he continued to
Persist. To put an end to the discussion, she said, "All right. If you
must, then tonight you sleep on my bed, with me, just as you used to when
you were a baby." He said, "That's a strange thing to ask for, but if it
pleases you, I will."

As soon as he fell asleep, the mother got up and brought a bucket of
water. She poured a mug full of water on his side. Feeling disturbed by
the wetness under him, in his sleep he moved away to the other side of the
bed. As he settled down, his mother poured another mug of water on the
other side. In his slumber he tried to find space towards the foot post of
the bed. Sometime later he woke up feeling that this part of the bed too
was damp.

He got up and saw his mother, with the mug in her hand. He asked
angrily, "What are you doing mother? Why don't you let me sleep? How doyou
expect me to sleep on a wet bed?"

Mother said, "I slept with you, when you wetted the bed in the night. I
changed your nappy (diaper made of cotton cloth) and moved you to the dry
part of the bed, while I slept on the wet side.

You wanted to repay me. Can you sleep here even for one night with me on a
damp bed?
If you can, I'll take it that you have repaid me."

Dear friend, How true it is that of all the debts in the world, the one
that can never be repaid is the one you owe to your mother.
You can never repay the love, care and time your mother gave to bring you
up. You are a part of her flesh and blood; don't forget this, because she
never ever forgets it.