Guilt or Love?

We all do things with a motivation. There is a reward at the end of the action that makes us do what we do. When it comes to family members we have two motivations. They are guilt and love. As I look around at people who are in the same situation with their parents that I am in, I see the difference. I do what I do out of love. My goal for my mother and now my father is to keep them alive and well as long as I can. My goal was to visit my mother daily and now to get my father for weekends. The goal is only for me and my love for them. Other friends in the same situation do what they do for guilt. It is not about how long their parent will be alive, but about when the burden will end. It is not about making themselves happy but showing the world that they are doing the right thing even if it is for the wrong reason.