Seeds today are harvests tomorrow

SEEDS SOWN TODAY PRODUCE RICH HARVESTS way into the future reminded
medical specialist Dr Kumar Sukhraj.
Dr Sukhraj’s agriculture metaphor is timely reminder to males on the eve of Fathers’ Day that
their decisions have generational consequences – producing fruits for good or ill.
“Be the best father that you can be. It’s important that as fathers you help in teaching your
daughters especially, what they should want from a man,” as a spouse, the foot specialist said.
Dr Sukhraj is a popular diabetic foot specialist at the country’s apex medical institution, the
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

His agricultural metaphor draws deeply on the sowing-and-reaping principle from the religious
text that counsels “whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap”.
We cannot condemn the FRUIT and ignore the TREE!
“If you ill-treat your wife or spouse in front of your children or you ill-treat your children, they
(children) will grow with it thinking that it's ok as daddy used to do it to mummy. So, there isn’t
anything wrong if my husband slaps me.”
“This is how abuse is transferred from one generation to another,” Dr Sukhraj said.
There is still hope on Fathers’ Day 2021 for men who set bad examples to their children to
redeem themselves, according to Sukhraj.
“Once you come to that realisation point you can change. Even if you had neglected your family,
you can seek to return to them as you should strive to build a relationship with your children.
Failure in life is only failure if we didn’t learn from it. So, I should always see it (failure) as a
stepping stone. Once you fail in one area, strive to correct it,” he counselled.

This should be for the long-term and not a palliative, according to Dr Sukhraj.
“It has to be a genuine change…a genuine commitment., Change does come overnight (usually).
With change you have to go through a process, and one such part of that process is acceptance.
You need to accept that you are doing something that isn’t correct, or that is morally wrong. If
you don’t accept that, then you would not make any change,” he advised.
“We don’t need to subject ourselves to societal pressures. Don’t make people feel pressured. It’s
not hard to live, as life has very simple principles which require you to be honest, have integrity
and the ability to show care. If you can’t show care for your fellow human beings (your family),
who would you show care to? Once you can live by these principles the universe will reciprocate
and you will be a hoppy person,” he asserted.
He reminded fathers that life is much more than merely the acquisition of material things. He
said that there are many people who do not possess wealth but live lives of contentment, treasure
friendships and therefore are very happy.
“I have seen many friends of mine who are from a religious background, who spent all their time
doing community or social work, and in the process, neglected their families. A time does come
when they need their families, and, in many cases, those families are reluctant to help
considering what they did,” he said in an ominous warning.
HAPPY FATHERS’ DAY from us at www.aroundtheregions.com