Went to a nursing home for the aged the other day. We were brought to this old man who shared his interesting life story, it was full of inspiration to us young adults. He was an educated man in his 60s to 70s, really eloquent in speaking and obviously well to do. He boasted about his little ones who were lawyers and doctors and wished for us to be as successful as them. He then showed us a letter his children sent him from overseas saying that they are in the midst of migrating him over to their home and it will take a while, ending off with a sweet merry christmas. A letter filled with lots of love, indeed. He was so excited and couldn’t wait to be brought over to have a reunion with his young ones.
Follow that when we left, we found out that his story wasn’t as rosy as it sounded. Apparently, his kids sold the flats he owned and used the money to migrate and started a life abroad, without him. The letter was a fake, leading him into denial.
That’s why they say sometimes it’s better to live in denial than face the hard truth.
This story disgust me of how to some, greed and money can be of more importance than the people who brought you up. How ugly this world actually is. At the same time it did remind me to do well and take care of my parents. I’ll give them the best.
That’s my promise.
