RIFLE RANGE BOY

Life is so full of these... The story of the prodigal son sounded simple enough when he heard it in Sunday School. The story of a wayward younger son who was a rebel who could not conform to the norms of the society and family. He wanted out, demanded his dues as the rightful heir to his father's property and left the household to enjoy life and slither into the trap of hedonism. When his finances went dry, and he was diseased, his 'faithful' friends disappeared. Helpless, hungry and weak, at life’s pits, at the pig’s sty, he dragged his sorry self back to his father's estate, hoping to work at least as a slave. Hold behold, the father was so happy to see him back that he received him with open arms and threw a party. The take home lesson then was that God (or your parents) are always there not matter how low you fall in life! They do not judge. What came to my mind of late is the action of the elder son. He was vilified as the bad one at the end of the story. Eve...

I came across this card which was sent from a daughter to her father on conjunction with Fathers' Day. Not a flattering message, I should say. Looks like the daughter seem to be blaming her failures in life and the recurrent wrong choices in choosing partners squarely on her father, the contributor of half of her chromosomes. Just because her father did not mollycoddle her but instead showed her the reality of life, she looks at it as an abhorrent. She must be thinking that real dads are like the TV sitcom dads who would take all the tantrums of the young ones and also apologise for their own shortcomings. Dream on. Adults in real life have too much ego and have an important role to play nurturing them through the hard knocks of life unlike their tinseltown dads who play their 30 minute role, smiling all the way to the bank. You say you came to learn that someone who hurts is same who loves through your fathers actions. You sound like a smart girl - able to appreciate the fine...