Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Feedback No 1 - Something to take us into the New Year (this link takes you to Crystal's Corner)

Taking a break from the listing of "problems with parents". Here is a feedback I received (see link) that I would take into the New Year and beyond.

Parents are humans and will always have their flaws. Author Mitch Albom wrote: 


"All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair."  
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom

But I guess the beauty in the imperfection of parenthood is that ultimately, we, as children, learn to break out from the shadow of our parents and take charge of our own destinies. We learn that ultimately, though we cannot control the circumstances we are in, we control our reactions to them. Ideally, that is. Unfortunately some people still choose to live under that shadow and blame their parents for who they are today. 

And perhaps that is all parents want from their children in the first place - to know that when they leave this earth, their children will be able to take care of themselves. 

Problem No 5 - Parents buy their children books...

about teenagers going to school to learn spells and wizardry... but discourage them to read books about morals and virtues derived from faiths not of their belief.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Problem No 4 - Parents allow their children to play water balloons...

but do not want them to get wet.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Problem No 3 - Parents want their children to become "successful"

in situations where the meaning of "success" is defined and determined by the parents themselves. What's more ironical is that these parents want their children to become what THEY (the parents) want... forgetting THEY didn't want or couldn't get it in the first place.

Quotation - to ponder

Albert Schweitzer

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.