“You
can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close
your heart to the things you don’t want to feel”
-Johnny
Depp-
Being
a police officer, my parents don’t have so much time for their beloved
children. Both of them usually go to office early in the morning and back home
in unpredictable time, even my dad always goes to work twice a day. I hate when
he must work again at eight at night and back home at midnight. I realized that
I couldn’t put any wishes to have a quality time with my family on the weekend because
their job always forces them to be a standby officer. I am, as their oldest
child, trying to understand this condition wisely. I appreciate their hard work
and also their sacrifice to bring us to a brighter future. However, they forget
that they have to take care in every phase of their children's development. I can
pretend that I am alright to the world but I can’t fool my heart that I feel
broken inside. My parents inspire me to be better than them, to be more
affluent, and to be the best parent for my children when I am at their age.
Just as what my parents do, I also
want to get a big income but I’ll do it in a different way. If my parents chose
to be police officer, I would rather choose to be the owner of a company, not to be
an employee of someone’s company. I plan to build a seafood restaurant in
Jimbaran, a boutique, and a mini-mart near my house. I believe that being a business woman will make me more affluent than being a police officer. I think
that my parents really enjoy their position, being controlled by someone’s
authority, but in contrast, I hate it so much. I love controlling people, not to
be controlled. That is why I would rather run my own business than run others’ business as their employee. Besides, I can decide whether I want to work or
just stay at home spending time with my beloved family. I do not need to spend
my time only for working, I just need to control my business regularly because
I have my own employees at my restaurant, boutique, and mini-mart.
This is not only a matter of how
much money I save in a bank, but rather how I spend them for my enjoyment and
my family. Getting more money for my wealth is important but it’s not my
priority. I set my mind that family is always number one, so I will never let
my children grow up without my love. I know exactly how it feels for having
parents who never have enough time to gather and to take their children for a
holiday. That bad condition will make children feel like they are not given
enough attention from their parents. There might be any bad impact from this
condition, such as: children will become a trouble maker in their school just
for getting attention, or even they might become a passive student. Luckily, it never
happen to my brother and me. From those explanation, I don’t want my children
feel broken like me later on. Studying about psychology in collage makes me realize
that our role as parents is very important for our children and it can
influence their development, emotion, as well as their intelligence.
In conclusion, my parents and I are
having the same purpose that is getting more money for a brighter future.
However, the way we reach our purpose isn’t the same. My parents earn money
without taking care of their children development, but in contrast, I will earn
money as much as possible while taking care of my beloved children. I think
their job seems like they are controlled under the government and they just
enjoy it. On the contrary, I don’t like being controlled by someone’s authority;
I’d love to control people, especially for my own employees. As a wise girl, I
never protest about their business although I feel broken. In this differences
I find a precious lesson, that is I will be the agent of changes in my family
to apply a better way in searching for wealth without neglecting my beloved
children when I am at their age later on.
