LOVE IS BLIND. DON’T GET WORRIED.

Early in the morning, at 5:00 am, a mother dreamt about getting an award for being a super mom and the most lovable and caring person in the family. The mom was thinking about her punctual work for her kids and family with a pleasant smile on her face, along with a shivering body due to the severe winter. The mom was sure about her award of appreciation, as she considers herself the most dedicated person in the family and the most deserving person for the award. Well, with the jerk of the alarm, she breaks the dream and meets reality. She wakes up, and the first person is always ready to wish her good morning, and that dedicated person is the lizard on the wall of the kitchen. And then the day starts; after drudgery from morning to night, at 10:30 pm, the mother gets up to get fresh and up and realizes the remaining timetable of the child, which should be kept in the bag. While putting the bag on the couch, her sight met with the laptop, and she remembered that an email must be sent to the boss before noon. While typing the email, her eyes meet with the reflection of her face in the mirror, and she is surprised to observe several wrinkles and gray hair. She sees that every day but doesn't get time to observe the gray hair. Due to a silent night, no one is around, so she steals a few moments to observe her self-appearance. She thinks of applying some cream and coloring the hair, but the severe cold makes her lazy, and she just thinks of sleeping. While entering the bedroom, she sees the door to the wash area open. She stretches the hand to close it and finds she has forgotten to sock the clothes of her child. She cannot afford the laziness of that mandatory work. She finishes it, and finally, at 11:30 am, she lies on the bed with the phone in her hand and feels a bit relaxed, expecting a gentle smile from her child and husband. When she turns her face, she sees them snoring as if they have not slept for ages. She keeps the phone beside the pillow and wants to go into deep sleep with the last thought of the day. She wants to confirm if she has forgotten anything for the next day. She remembers that she forgot to soak the beans for breakfast. With a strike, she goes to the kitchen and soaks the beans. Finally, with a tired mind and body, she sleeps. She is in half asleep, and the alarm rings at 4:30 am, forcing her to finish the household work before going to the office. She snoozes the alarm to rest for another five minutes. Meanwhile, the whistle of the presser cooker from the neighbor’s house scares her, and she thinks she is late. With a jerk, she wakes up and pushes herself into the kitchen. Without brushing her teeth, she opens the drawer with half-opened eyes to take the pressure cooker out to boil the beans. With half-closed eyes and with less energy, she peeps out of the window and finds it dark outside due to the severe winter. She feels she just slept at night and woke up at night only. She thinks for a while that life starts with soaking the beans and ends with boiling the beans. She ties a bun with her long hair, walks towards the bathroom, applies toothpaste to the brush with various thoughts for the day, and starts brushing her teeth. The day changes, but the household chores before work remain the same. Before going to the office, the mom finishes cooking and deals with the milkman, maid, newspaperman, kids’ chorus, etc. The early morning task is over now; she is exhausted and wants to relax for five minutes before going for a shower and getting ready for the office. But before everyone leaves home, she wants to listen to one word, 'Thank you, mummy', 'Thank you, our superwoman', or 'I love you' or ‘just a gentle smile or hug’ as she feels that she shows her love to all her family members with the hard efforts from morning to night, so she expects the same love for herself, but she realizes no one has time to show their love, everyone is in a hurry, and she hears some half-said and broken words, ‘bye by b’. She keeps thinking about her love and efforts in the office, and the day ends. At 7:00 pm, everyone returns home; the kids go to play; the husband takes a hot shower and relaxes on the couch; and the mom directly goes into the kitchen to show her love for the family members. She goes out to work and comes home to work only because she wants to show her love to the family members. Again, with the same expectation, one day she will get the award of a super mom or super wife, a super friend, a super daughter-in-law, etc. But years passed, and that never happened. She is 57; the dream has not come true yet. She has become sick and has a lot of diseases, yet the award has not been achieved. Now she realizes love is blind; it sees nothing. These are our responsibilities and duties, not love. The mom realizes she has confused her duties with the word love for her entire life. Because of that, she forgets one of her most important duties: taking care of herself. The mom never went for a cup of coffee with her friends; she never joined a gym; she dropped her career; and she kept herself busy loving the family members. If she had given herself a few hours to herself from her own life, nobody would have seen that, as love is blind. We always confuse our responsibilities with love; we take the responsibilities and say we love them, and we expect the same love from them as well. We are busy with give-and-take relationships of love, and we do it the way others expect from us, but nobody sees that. If the mom gets that love from her family, she might have told them she loves more as she works more. She might also not have seen the love given by others. So you should love everyone as well as yourself; nothing will be appreciated or criticized, as love is blind, so don’t get worried.