Secret of a Sacrifice

A word glorified in todays world and yet grossly misunderstood . Leaders sacrificing thier families for the nation . A mother putting her child above everything else .
Not that generation present, does not know , how to sacrifice . Infact i believe there are more sacrifices done in todays world , as choices and options increase.
A mother's love is considered unparallel and generally assosciated with loads of sacrifices , so let me try make sense ,using her .She is making a pizza for her son , knowing that its her son's favourite .She dislikes making them and isnt too happy eating them as well .She misses her sanskrit classes/bhajan/tele-serial to make a pizza .If you ask her , she would say , "anything for my son's happiness".She definetley isnt lying .She does not expect the son to give her back money nor is she expecting another pizza in return .The son comes home from school ,starts munching the pizza.Mom sits and enjoys seeing him eat .The ultimate aim of the mother was to see happiness in the sons eyes or is it ?
Aim of the mother was to feel happy ,period .Its just that for her ,seeing happiness in her son, brought her most joy .You might ask , "how does that make a difference ?"
It does because there is a condition and an expectation .Incase the boy's reaction was negative , a mom with an expectation would feel very down , seeing all her toil and sacrifice at a loss .

Increasingly,the difference nowadys is that, we are driven to please people around, rather than please oneself .Sacrifices ,nowadays is to gain acceptance in the society, even if that means that it destroys ones own principles . Far too often , we hear husbands/wives saying that they have done so many sacrifices, for the sake of the other, little realizing it is ,not for the other , but for both of them collectively.
Having no expectations is probably impossible ,to realise the secret of a sacrifice however is probable .

Its never for You , its for Me , at the least ,for Us .