Why marriage? This is a million dollar question.
When I was a child, I used to love my parents immensely, especially my father. He was my idol and my entire life revolved round him. Although I knew that no human being was immortal, yet I could not think of living in this world even for a moment without my father. My tender mind was always apprehensive about the inevitable happening some day - the death of my father.
The life, however, moved on as I gradually grew up and got married. And then came a sudden change in my life. The love for my father, which till then had filled my heart, began to shrink, giving way to love for my wife. Then came my children, and together with my wife, they claimed the lions share of my attention, affection and love. My life began to revolve round them. The love for my father took a back seat. Finally the dreaded day arrived when my father left for his heavenly abode. Although this shocked me to the core, but my life did not end. Instead, it moved on - faulteringly for a while and rock steady thereafter. The joy of bringing up the children with attendant trials and tribulations, and the bliss of family life helped me lead a normal life.
Now my children are grown up. They love me very much. They take every step after asking me about what to do, what not to do. In other words, they have become totally dependent upon me and their lives revolve around me. The life has thus taken a full circle with complete reversal of roles. But there is no anxiety or despondency in me. My own experience offers me a hope and now I am looking forward for suitable matches for my children. I am sure, once they get married, the focus of their love and affection will shift to their life partners and eventually to their children subsuming in the process their love for me, as happened in my case, which I believe, will help my children live their normal lives when I fall in the cycle of inevitability.
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