Lessons learnt from mommie dear

Today, I received a surprise package from my cousin in Boston. He had been to India and surprisingly he sent some goodies that he got for me! Can't beleive my face just lit up looking at the contents. Ladoos, pedas, Chaklis. Those things that were available at the neighborhood 'Ghasitaram Halwai', suddenly seems to have disappeared into oblivion. Those goodies that we took for granted at some point of time, seem to be on top of 'my list of cravings' There was a time, when I was a young-brash and stubborn kid, When my mom used to give 'Roti & subzi' for lunch, I used to throw tantrums at the constant menu options as far as lunch was concerned. I would thump my feet, behave arrogantly. That time, my mom used to just say "You will realize its value, when you wont' get to it everyday".Now, I know what she meant by that. Homemade round rotis are now the most desirable things. When I did not eat food cooked in the afternoon, at anytime later even during that day. For me, food should be cooked fresh everyday. But, now..I am more than happy to find leftovers in the refrigerator, when I get back home at night and when I dont have an iota of energy left to cook. When, I would throw food in the trash coz I did not feel like eating it or if I did not like it. She just said, "Wait until you start earning yourself". Now, I know what she meant..I hate to waste food now. I consider it a crime to just dispose it off in that garbage. That 60-hrs per week effort in the trash!!! When, she would ask me what I would wanted to eat for dinner and I would be more interested in watching "Disney Adventures' than worry about whats-cooking-tonite and answer "Cook, whatever you want"..and now I have to really think hard as to what I want to eat, rather cook! It used to drive her nuts and I find myself in the exact same situation, when I ask my friends as to what I should fix for them and they just tell me the same! I feel like sunaofying them left-right and center..Dude, atleast tell me what you want to eat!!!! Sometimes, you dont realize the value of certian things, unless you dont find that thing anymore. Its human to take things for granted and we will continue doing that for as long as we live. I only wish, if only I would have known it earlier that this is how I am going to feel after I 'grow-up'..but then isn't this what growing up is all about? You cannot learn all the lessons at once. & Some lessons only prove to be useful after you see its applications. After all life is all about practicals based on theories that you have learnt. The things that my brother sent were just regular stuff, but something that is priceless to me in current scenario, when I don't get to eat it. Whats more its come right at the time of Diwali... I am contented..