• 9:40:00 AM, Saturday, June 30, 2007
Sometimes I really wonder about some things...
Is it that the older generation, with much more experience in life than us, would be more spot-on in many situations? Or is it that times have changed, and it no longer applies to us, the younger generation? It's how the communication goes, it's how you go about doing it.
When parents force some things on us, it's for our own good. They don't want us to be hurt. They want us to see their point of view, to understand from their stand. But...sometimes I really think it's hard. I mean, okay you may understand it, but you may accept it. Cos afterall they want you to do something you don't wish to do. And therefore you keep wondering why they keep insisting you don't do it, when you don't see anything wrong with it.
I don't know. I mean, it's so ironic.
You learn from your mistakes. When you make a mistake and realize that you were wrong, then you'll know to not do it again. This is the so called "learning from experience". But when parents do that, they don't even want us to make a mistake. And so, how do you learn from a mistake you never made? And we'll think...how do I know it's even a 'mistake' in the first place when I haven't given it a try?
Yes. That's from our point of view. That they should just let us experience life for ourselves. Whether or not we get hurt in the process, it's inevitable. If we don't get hurt, of course that's the best scenario. But if we unluckily get hurt in the process, it's when we learn to let go and get up on our own feet once again.
But then again. What about the parents' point of view? They love us afterall. After gone through life, they don't want us to make the mistakes which maybe they've gone through before. Or rather, they simply don't want us to get hurt. Worse still, make a grave mistake we would regret next time. Maybe it's because of that, that they seem really harsh sometimes. That to us, it definitely seems like they're forcing something we don't wanna do on us, and not showing any reason nor concern for what we want.
So then, who do we follow? Follow our own hearts and beliefs, pray we don't get hurt, but if we do, we'll learn from them? Or should we take into consideration parents' advice and think about it?
Since we're their children, it's natural that they worry and fuss over us. Even though we are really older and more mature now, they still see us as kids. Cos to parents, we'll always be children in their eyes. Their own children whom they have to protect. Even if it means sacrificing themselves or anything else.
Haha. It's not easy caught between the two. I think everybody has had their own set and record of these experiences in the past. But afterall, the decision lies in ourselves. What we choose...
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