Kamis, 02 Mei 2013

A Lesson in Differences



“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.

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