Happy Mother's Day! 

A hectic day yesterday. No, not work. It was the browsing of all those Mother’s Day wishes flooding my WhatsApp, and then forwarding them appropriately. The general ones to those I had to wish by default,  and the exalted texts that call us ‘miracles,  a work of God, and the best Guide available even after you FAIL’, to other Mothers, who will lap up all the praises raining on them, on this hot day. That left me drained. What's ‘the Big Deal', I wondered.

Did we really create something magical? It was just procreation, a phase of life, which we blindly follow thinking that is the path to take, according to our scriptures. Of course, for some of us, Lady Luck blessed our children and our children’s stars were good, and they made it big. Some of us accepted even if the child was a mediocre performer (we were not the President of a Bank, either). So, where is this talk of LOVE flowing from a mother’s heart, and no one but SHE is capable of selfless love. Doesn’t that make the Father look like a second class citizen?

Also, I really don't understand the reason for the mushrooming growth of fertility centers, an average of one per street. And there are more orphanages and shelter homes than the fertility centers. Isn’t that an irony in God’s Will? Or have we not understood the Divine? Why should a couple insist on having a child with their own X or Y chromosome? It just shows that they are waiting to shower their love on a baby, which has their genes. So, where is pure selfless love? And, how much do we really know about our ancestry or ethnic descent? Maybe 3 generations before us? The rest is still only hearsay. Who knows about the many skeletons that might have occupied our cupboards, sorry family? If our karma is good our babies may inherit good genes from the bloodline. It is still a gamble.

I am not against anyone wanting to have their own baby. When all else fails, there is an option for adoption. But there is a social stigma on that, and many do not want to consider that, even as an option. It’s time to break it and prove that our love for an unknown baby is more pristine than the love we give to our own offspring.

One fertility clinic advertises that they have handled 200,000 patients! If only these couples had decided to adopt a child each, imagine happy 200,000 homeless children getting new homes. 

Another point to ponder: We would have stopped 200,000 more babies kicking and crying for attention. Mother India already has 1.5 billion sharing its space! 

At least a few ‘wannabe’ Mothers, waiting in the lobby of fertility clinics can think over this. Food for thought!

Let's elevate Motherhood as form of Universal Love. Our hearts should radiate love and compassion to all. Love is sustenance for Humanity.