one node in a sheet ...

During a meeting of parents at a school on the outskirts of a city, the teacher was stressing the importance of the support that parents should devote to their children and asked them if they were present in their kids's life as long as possible ... He considered that although the majority of parents used to working far from home in that community, they should find some time to focus and understand their children.
But the director was very surprised when a father stood up and explained, in his humble way, that he had no time to talk to his son, nor to see him during the week because when he left for work ,early in the morning, his son was still sleeping ... When returning from work, it was too late and the boy was no longer awake.
He explained further that he had to work hard to provide for his family, but also said that this situation made him upset for not having time for the child and tried to redeem himself every night when he got back home. And in order to his son knew about his presence, he use to give a knot in the sheet that covered him. That happened religiously every night when he went to kiss him. When the child awoke and saw the knot, he knew, through it, that his father had been there and had kissed him. The knot was the symbol of communication between them.
The teacher felt touched by this simple story and was surprised when he found out that the son was one of the best students in the school.
This fact makes us reflect over the many ways of people being present in someone's life, to communicate with others. That father had found his way, which was simple but effective to demonstrate his caring. And the most important is that the child was aware, through the affection, what his father was saying.
Sometimes we care so much about how to say things and forget what is communication through feelings. Simple gestures like a kiss and a knot in the sheet, are worth, for that child, much more than gifts or empty excuses.
It is valid to be concerned with people, but it is important that they know about it , they must feel it. So as to have communication it is necessary that we "hear" the language of our hearts, because in terms of affection, feelings always speak louder than words.
It is for this reason that one kiss, clothed in the purest affection, cures headaches, scraped knees or the fear of the darkness. People may not understand the meaning of many words, but everybody is able to register a gesture of love. Even if this gesture is only one node in a sheet ...