"My Mummy is the best Cook in the World."

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There is this TV commercial that runs on Ghanaian television. In this commercial, a little boy goes around telling anybody who would hear him, willing or unwilling, what he feels in this simple sentence, "My Mummy is the best Cook in the World.". He goes on even to tell a little Dog and also shouting on the top of his voice to nobody in particular that there is no other cook in the world as good as his mum is. Agree or disagree with him, his Mummy is the best cook in the world. After all, as a Latin adage translates, "in the matters of taste there is no dispute. The actions the little boy as portrayed in the commercial poses to us a question. Do we show appreciation to those who have played a role in our lives? We more often than not fail to show appreciation to people who have done us little favours especially to our parents because we feel it is their duty. "It is his duty as a father to provide for me" , it his her duty to give make sure I eat", etc are often our thought and words towards those whom we feel owe and an obligation to provide for us. A word of appreciation is not bad. At last the little boy reaches his mum and unlike he was doing, he only gave his mum a broad smile and said, Mummy!. that was enough the make the mother feel appreciated. One of my formators back in the Seminary used to say, "In the event of Love, words are lost." this is quite true. it is not his words that put the smile on the face of his mother but the deep love from the heart that shown on his face. we can do likewise. It was for me a wonderful opportunity when I was ordained two days to my mum birthday. Guess what I did.