Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Dreams
We've been taught to dream big for ourselves since a young age. Okay, maybe not everyone dreams big and is able to live the dream. But there are certain expectations in life. Standard expectations. Expectations that become a way of living. Like getting good grades so that we can get a job earn good money and have a good career and then marry the love of your life, have the most adorable children in the world, grow old and let your children take care of you and lastly, die at a good old age. So what if something happens along the wayin your life and your dreams are forced into storage and pad-locked away? I'm talking about the standard things in life like the ones listed. What happens then? I've been hanging out in EIP and these thoughts have been popping in my head. I see the children who walk in with their parents holding their hands. Some of them not so fortunate to be able to walk. Those kids are so dependant on their parents. Every step of the way their parents are with them. I can only imagine the heartache their parents face when times get rough. The frustration. The disappointment. I bet they had so many dreams for their children. The same they had for themselves. Just to be able to go to the toilet by themselves or to school to learn with normal kids, have sleepovers with friends, go out to amusement parks. These things become almost impossible let alone getting good grades, get a job and in turn taking care of their parents when the time comes. I'm sure the parents never signed up for this, all the heartache and all. In the process, they had to give up their dreams for themselves and for their children. Everything. Can you imagine that? Really, just take a moment and put yourself in their shoes. You'll never get to hear them express their gratitude towards your love for them. You'll never know whether they'll be able to take care of themselves when you're gone. You'll never get to understand them as fully as possible. All you want for them is to be normal functioning beings whereas parents with normal children want them to be extraordinary. See the diff? These things come so easily to parents with normal children. And even for me, whose not a parent, can feel grateful and fortunate. I guess these 'special' parents don't have to give up their dreams for themselves or their children, they just have to make new ones.
JoJo danced the night away at 7:30 AM
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