If one gives you a drink when you are thirsty...

If one gives you a drink when you are thirsty, I do not think you would not offer him your thanks. If one gives you a pen or a book for a gift, every time you use it, you will be thinking of him. If one helps you rest after you are tired, you will express your thanks. If one helps you with your studies, you will tell him thank you. If one gives you a helping hand, you will be obliged to him.

If one lets you use his automobile, he will receive you thanks, as is the case when someone gives you a ride in his car or when one offers you his seat on a bus. And finally, if one is only kind to you by worlds and not by his deeds, there too, it is unrealistic to say you will not say thanks. My child!

How is it then that for all these relatively small favours you show your apprecaition, but to all the love, attention, care and happiness and to all the material convenieces that you parents have provided for you, you are so indifferent and are taking them for granted? The Child: Oh, how great it is…