Aye Aye Captain!

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.


Ang mga linyang iyon ay ang huling stanza ng pamosong tulang Invictus ni William Ernest Henley. Isang tula na tumatalakay sa pagiging isang mas matapang at determinadong tao na kayang humarap sa kung anumang hamon ng buhay... isang katangian na tinuro sa atin ng ating mga magulang.

2nd semester ng aking ikalawang taon sa college. Isang essay mula sa isa sa aking kaklase ang pumukaw sa aking interes... ang topic: Taking care of our parents in their old age... Lahat yata kami eh sinabing isa itong tungkulin ng mga anak na bagaman hindi hiningi ng mga magulang natin eh kailangan nating tuparin at least para na lang sa social approval na kadalasan nating pinahahalagahan ng sobra. Pero obligasyon nga ba talaga natin na alagaan sila?

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I really find it unfair that we, children of our parents, feel obliged to look after them during their golden years... that no matter how bad they were towards us or how bad our childhood was because of them, we are still forced by the society to look after them and treat them the nicest way we can... This is not a personal sentiment for my parents are considerable and fair enough but I know a lot of people who were not properly raised and was not given enough love and affection by their parents but when their parents grew old, they were expected to treat them with utmost love and affection. And if we don't.. we are the worst person alive...
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Bilang isang anak, pakiramdam ko eh hindi na natatapos ang tungkulin natin bilang anak... 'pag bata ka eh kailangan mong magpakabait, sundin ang gusto nila, wag gawin ang bawal at kahit hindi bawal eh kailangan mo pa ring ipagpaalam... If you turned out to be a big disappointment, sasabihin na wala kang kwentang anak kahit na sinubukan mo ang lahat ng makakaya mo samantalang ang mga magulang pag napakain nila ang anak nila nang tatlong beses kada araw at nasabihan ng konti dahil nagkamali eh tapos na ang araw nila bilang magulang...

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I think and believe that however we treat our parents in their prime age should depend on how they treated us when we were kids... we should give them what they deserve... Society should never meddle on these things, after all, it's a personal matter...

I believe that taking care of our parents is more of an act of gratitude rather than an obligation... so if you're a parent then be a good one.... Good parents are not born.. they're made... and they also bear good offsprings as well...

I said a lot... but only the last part made sense... Sorry... I have so many thoughts running in my head... 'till next time... I am Billie.. blogging.