Contributor: Chikku George Thomas
Source: The Best Father’s Day Quotes, Sayings and Phrases
My father is the greatest illiterate person in the world, Poorest of all the men in the world, I considered him as the Ugliest person in the world, Weakest of all in the World, and A man who knows nothing in this World.
I am always ashamed to stand with him in a crowded area….!!
I always shouted with my father and even asked him to stay away from me….!!
I had even asked the god Why did you give me such a father to me….!!
I even tried to beat my father too…!!
Still he didn’t utter a word to me, Still not even a drop of tear flipped of from his eyes……!!
And one day he Died…..
Then I noticed a paper on his table.
On that paper my father wrote:
“Even if you considered me as Poorest, illiterate, Ugliest, and Weakest of all in the World….Even if you considered me as A man who knows nothing in this World…….Still I LOVE YOU SON…….Everything is for you SON……..Even if my stomach is empty I give you the Bread, Even if i had pain,I neglected it for YOU MY SON….Even if i had nothing to wear,I had not let you dressless……Even if i had not weared shoes in my life..,I didn’t let you shoeless…….I had prayed for you every day and night,evenif you avioded me in you prayers….YES SON I HAD NEGLECTED EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE FOR YOU….EVEN MY LAST DROP OF MY BLOOD……… ITS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH MY DEAR SON…….AND LAST OF ALL PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME EVEN FROM THIS LETTER BECAUSE I WORTE THIS FROM BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE (AND YOU KNOW THAT I HAD SEEN UPTO 5th STANDARED)………. GOOD BYE SON………. I WISH YOU A GREAT LIFE, LIVE HAPPILY……..AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE REMEMBER ME IN YOUR PRAYERS FROM NOW “
WITH A BROKEN HEART
YOUR LOVING FATHER…
The Invisible Father | An Insight on Love Beyond Pride
This story pierces through our cultural obsession with masculine achievement to reveal a profound truth: the greatest fathers are often invisible to us until it’s too late to thank them.
The Paradox of Paternal Love
The son judges his father by society’s harsh metrics—education, wealth, appearance, strength. By these measures, his father appears to fail spectacularly. Yet the father’s letter reveals a different kind of strength entirely: the quiet heroism of self-sacrifice, the daily choice to give what little he has so his child might have more.
The Masculinity We Don’t See
The father’s restraint speaks to a different vision of masculine strength. When beaten and berated, he doesn’t retaliate. When ashamed and avoided, he doesn’t withdraw his love. This isn’t weakness—it’s emotional fortitude that holds families together across generations. His letter, written with a fifth-grade education but infinite wisdom, shows us that true masculine power isn’t about being the smartest person in the room. It’s about being willing to give everything, even your dignity, for someone else’s future.
The Healing That Comes Too Late
The tragedy isn’t just that the father died before receiving recognition—it’s that the son’s awakening came through loss rather than presence. This story challenges us to see the fathers in our lives not through the lens of social status, but through the radical act of recognizing their love in action.
What This Story Reveals
Perhaps the most compassionate vision of masculinity isn’t found in strength that dominates, but in strength that serves silently, loves without condition, and gives without counting the cost. Some of the greatest men in the world appear to be the poorest, and some of the richest love stories are written by those who can barely write at all.