Parents are mightily happy, when their children evince the slightest regard for their comfort. Any little sign of gratitude is welcomed by them with delight. If you have no urge to please them and make them happy, how can you ever hope to please God?.
The mother seeks love, craves for gratitude, thirsts after sympathy. She values feeling, not external display. The Divine mother too is moved by the same feeling. She does not appreciate demonstrative trappings like matted hair, rosaries, marks on forehead or sacerdotal robes. She values sincerity, yearning, virtue, compassion, and Love. - From Swami's Divine Discourse in Prashanthi Nilayam on 24 Nov 1972. Om Sai Ram
