A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. <>
Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. <>
Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.<>
After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the washroom, <>
wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly.<>
When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, <>
not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. <>
The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father.<>
At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, <>
“Don’t you think you have left something behind?”.<>
The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t”.<>
The old man retorted, <>
“Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father”.<>
The restaurant went silent.<>
