a look at my parEnts' hardship

In this modern age, anybody who complains that he or she has nothing to do is simply downright lazy. There are books to read, films and video to watch, music to listen to, and games to play. In fact I find that i have not enough time to do all the things i want to do. So a lot of things are left undone. If only time is transferable commodity, may be those who have too much time can pass some over to me.

As an ordinary employee, work takes up more than half of the daylight hours and sometimes more than the daylight hours. In the night time there is the inevitable housework to do. An afternoon nap is out of the question unless I want to slog late into the night to complete my cooking and cleaning. Very rarely do I not feeling like to seeing things in my apartment very well managed.

In Summer, when evening comes, sports and games comes alive. Nearby my workplace I can see young people, and a good number of older ones, are indulging in some forms of exercise. Be simply doing those exercises or hitting up the gym to get fit. What matters is doing them. The doers know that time is precious and they spend it joyfully in the things they love to do. The non-doers prefer to sit inside their houses and wonder why there is nothing to do. For these unhappy people I suggest that they could at least be spectators. They could go and watch other people play. Even if they do not want to participate, watching sports and games is a good way of spending spare time. It is a form of entertainment and recreation. If nothing, at least they know that they are among living human beings, not dead ones.

An average housewife has tons of house chores to do. When I take a look at my parents I realise that the amount of work they have to perform each day is enormous. Though they have few housemates, my parents get up early at dawn and work right through the day, taking care of their business. Thanks to the housemates who do the back-breaking job otherwise I have to fly back there to help my parents. There are always more things for them to take care of during the day. Yet, my mother has to go to the market to buy food for her ever-hungry members in the house and then look after their general well-beings. Anybody who finds that he has too much spare time can help his mother in her housework. All he has to do is to sweep the floor or wipe the dust off the windows or simply peel some fruits for the overworked mother. Then he will realise the precious of time and how some people simply squander it away. He will also learn to appreciate the toil of his loving mother, how his mother works for nothing in return (housewives do not earn salary) except some understanding and love from the people she works for.

I suppose most people who find that they have too much time on their hands are people who do not interested in life itself. Their attitudes need correcting. If they look at life with pessimism and then feel depressed about it, obviously things are not going to look interesting. On the other hand, if they look at life with optimism and feel thankful that they are alive, the likelihood will be that they will go out to do the things they love to do, and enjoy every minute of it. The sun shines for people who can do this. Life is never dull. There is plenty to do. Spare time is wonderful time.

Soon ones will leave their parents to pursuing independent lives. I would say it's more than half of their lifetimes they will be living away from the daily taking cares from their parents. So, why can't we spend this lifetime preciously with those who gave our births? This is indeed a serious question which is needed a committing answer. Though life goes on...., one needs not to let the past be a bad history.

In a nutshell, I would like to dedicate this piece of writing to my beloved parents who have been supportive and committed to raising my life. I am sorry for that I wasn't 100% committed to helping you with all those housechore tasks in all those years. However, I am pretty sure that both of you are satisfied with what i had done during the time back then. I am so grateful for being your both son. Here the GREATEST love from me to you, beloved mum & dad.


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