Gerald D'Cunha

“Some talk to you in their free time; and some free their time to talk to you… Learn the difference.” – Via (Think pozitive.com) T he difference is clear: We need to ‘free our time’ to talk – in true sense – to our dear-and-near ones. But, in reality, what most of us do – and I am no saint in that – is that, with the nearest-and- dearest ones, we, invariably, talk only ‘when we are free’… which is a sight as rare as Halley’s Comet! “Please, please do not be too busy to talk to your parents… Don’t get irritated when they call you… Never ever say ‘call me later’…” A friend of mine literally pleaded with me and my wife, the other day, when we had visited her to offer our condolences on her father’s death. “I would often shout at him when he used to call me at odd times… I feel guilty, now, for telling him with impatience, ‘I am busy dad, call me later.” My friend’s father could not make that call, again! So, that night, when my wife and I came ho...