Of Parents and Son
Description:... What binds the son with his parents beyond the biological is the filial. Growing up as a true son
therefore means bowing down in filial gratitude to one’s parents. The more he grows into adulthood,
the humbler he becomes. And this humility results from recognizing the debt he owes to everybody and
everything he has received love and sustenance from. Thus, a son’s gratitude to his parents is his first
step towards being grateful to things beyond his parents. He then becomes a son of Mother Earth.
Consequently, he is filled with love, empathy, compassion, self-effacement and the like. It is these
human values that lie at the core of the bouquet of poems titled Of Parents & Son.
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