Friday, 28 July 2017

Not so far from hypocrisy…

"Everything in life takes time, prayer and patience" - that's what most elders bring to play when their kids make demands that they cannot meet; when for instance a certain kid develops that strong impulse to travel on to greener pastures ('napseh' we call it: wanderlust in English).


Well, faithful assurance if you ask me, but the irony is, when it comes to the things that they want these kids to do, like securing a job, getting married, or becoming the 'soutien de famille,' some elders don't empathise at all. In fact, patience and timing no longer apply and I think that's unfair.

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