The pc decided to crash yesterday. All of the documents saved in the pc are now gone, gone forever with the wind. I wonder if that has to do with the provocative remarks that I made yesterday morning on why adults shouldn't be so selfish. I received an email early in the morning, an article about one who changed his life or rather the way he looks at life after a short trip from a third world country. He was especially startled after seeing a mother who chopped off her son's hand so that the son was able to beg for money/food. He was describing the helplessness in the mother's eyes and pain in the child. So the author expressed how lucky he was, not being in that situation and he decided to buy a truck of bread to supply these destitutes just for that day. He sounded like taking pride on that as others were starting to sing praises on him for helping them. So, he was contented. Or was he contented for the fact that his life is much better than these people even though at times life was sucks for him.
Hmm...it's really tough for me to read this. I have a total different view. Especially on the mother part, I am absolutely feeling so much different from what the author felt. He might feel sympathy, but for me it's utterly pathetic. A mother chopped off his son's hands was not desperate. It's selfish. The helplessness in the mother's eyes? Or because she didn't want to dirty her previous hands by chopping off her child's hands? Maybe if she was really helpless, she might wanna chop off her hands first. Where on earth a real mother would sacrifice her children for her own sake? Er...in fact this is a beastly act. And don't be surprised coz there are many many more adults who are as selfish. By getting sympathy from others, the act was acknowledged as being accepted. Thanks to the urband legends again.
Buying a truck of bread is not the solution. Fine. Take pride on that. But that simply shows how innocent this urban author thinks. It's like an 'urban legend' phenomenon. When you see something so EXTRAORDINAIRE, that's the time you wanna change life, this and that coz finally you see some reflection in yourself. Would that last for long? Yea, probably 5 days or a year, and things will be forgotten. There is a cycle where this phenomenon will continue on and on and on. The solution is to break the cycle. Everyone plays a part. Education is important. Again and again, family planning is very important. Why get so many kids to suffer when you know that life is not easy. Some even argues, well, it's a gift from the above, who are we to decide. True enough, but if you don't have sex, you won't get pregnant until proven otherwise! Tell me the logic. So, stop getting lusty if you think you are not ready to have kids. People born with lust (another gift from the above), but they are also born with brain. So, use the brain to cut all these crap.
A was from a poor background family. She married at the age of merely 15 years old. She did not get pregnant until 6 months of marriage. I asked her, why did you decide to get married at such a tender age since you are not pregnant. What's the hurry? Your parents consented? Her answer was simple. Her parents didn't care at all. Didn't care if she was married or she was studying. She was the 6th child out of 8. Perhaps she wanted to find solace in another family in this case her in-laws, that's why she wanted to marry early. Her eyes told me that she wasn't happy with her parents because she was ignored as a child.
I sat her down and look into her eyes. Now that you are pregnant, and I hope you would learn from the past. She nodded but I have no idea if she understood.
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