I happened to sit with a saint this evening.
And I have been pondering over her words since then.
She said "Even if you become the Prime Minister of this country, your parents will tell you to try and become the Prime Minister of the States. Tum kar sab sakte ho beta, bas tumne soch rakha hai nahi karna. And I say this based on my personal experience."
What furthermore forced me to think about this was what followed. Two hours back home and what do I hear "You did not pay heed when I asked you to study harder, you'll keep building castles in the air and ultimately achieve nothing and regret." All this after I've scored around 93% in Boards and cleared two competitive exams. How encouraging! :D
And this saint was nobody but our very own Avni Sehgal. xD
Such beautiful thought.
Much wow. :')
Well the definite question that arises here is, do these expectations end? Definitely not.
But do parents realize the effect on the psyche of a child upon whom these expectations are being imposed?
We know whatever parents say is for our well being, no questions and second thoughts about that. But is it not equally important to hear the other side too?
No matter where we go, what we become, there is always going to be something that Malhotra Uncle's kid did better than us(which by the way is our fault!), and so we will constantly be reminded of our incompetent spirit, all in the name of motivating us to do better in life!
Even if you are lucky and have somehow managed to get appreciation from your folks (doesn't happen by the way), it'll wear off sooner rather than later and there will be something else in the expectations store for you.
Okay,we agree, we wouldn't do half the stuff that we do if our Mata-Pita didn't pester us about it (Lazy Asses xP), but these otherwise lovely creatures really need to understand the point where it gets a little too much for us to handle. And its high time that parents realize the difference between motivation and extravagant expectations.
Lets just hope this little effort from our side does some good to somebody.
This is the Soul Sisters signing off!
NO new posts every Friday.
We post everytime we feel too guilty about abandoning the blog. ;_;
Keep Reading! :)
Keep Smling! :)
And I have been pondering over her words since then.
She said "Even if you become the Prime Minister of this country, your parents will tell you to try and become the Prime Minister of the States. Tum kar sab sakte ho beta, bas tumne soch rakha hai nahi karna. And I say this based on my personal experience."
What furthermore forced me to think about this was what followed. Two hours back home and what do I hear "You did not pay heed when I asked you to study harder, you'll keep building castles in the air and ultimately achieve nothing and regret." All this after I've scored around 93% in Boards and cleared two competitive exams. How encouraging! :D
And this saint was nobody but our very own Avni Sehgal. xD
Such beautiful thought.
Much wow. :')
Well the definite question that arises here is, do these expectations end? Definitely not.
But do parents realize the effect on the psyche of a child upon whom these expectations are being imposed?
We know whatever parents say is for our well being, no questions and second thoughts about that. But is it not equally important to hear the other side too?
No matter where we go, what we become, there is always going to be something that Malhotra Uncle's kid did better than us(which by the way is our fault!), and so we will constantly be reminded of our incompetent spirit, all in the name of motivating us to do better in life!
Even if you are lucky and have somehow managed to get appreciation from your folks (doesn't happen by the way), it'll wear off sooner rather than later and there will be something else in the expectations store for you.
Okay,we agree, we wouldn't do half the stuff that we do if our Mata-Pita didn't pester us about it (Lazy Asses xP), but these otherwise lovely creatures really need to understand the point where it gets a little too much for us to handle. And its high time that parents realize the difference between motivation and extravagant expectations.
Lets just hope this little effort from our side does some good to somebody.
This is the Soul Sisters signing off!
NO new posts every Friday.
We post everytime we feel too guilty about abandoning the blog. ;_;
Keep Reading! :)
Keep Smling! :)
