Sunday, June 04, 2006
Kids, Foot Steps, Communication I was at AWWA for the usual YV session yesterday. I must admit that I was not in the best of mood when I got there. The sight I was greeted with was that one of the older boys was grabbing another boy (to prevent him from getting the ball) while playing. The same boy later yelled another player's name and quickly threw the ball at the person even before the person could react to the voice. Naturally, the ball hit the player on the face. Thereafter, he simply went on to mention that the player was slow and caused the ball to got out of the boundary.
Well.. I got pissed off and I let out a single "F" word in a careless whisper, which reached the ears of some of the other volunteers. They promptly stared at me. Anyway, after the session of game, I couldn't hold my anger and I simply brought the boy to a corner to have a little talk with him abt his attitude. Ha... I certainly hope that he will not be scared off and will be better the next time around. I was quickly termed as a "discipline father" at the end by the volunteers as a form of joke of the day.
Anyway, it further secured my idea that having kids is a BIG "No No".
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Parents. They say you usually take after your parents or it is natural for you to follow the foot-steps of your parents. Maybe it is a different generation kind of thing, I beg to differ. I think generations now more open to knowledge and information to see more than their social circle. It expands their wealth of experience (from experience) when they see or hear from others. This is something the older generations lack as their society at that point of time consisted of one that was more closed in terms of sharing.
As you are opened to more knowledge and you start to compare, you tend to take more notice of the things that are lacking in your family or parents. You tend to want these things more than you want the others. As a result, you may build a relationship or a family based on the things you found lacking in your parents/family. Furthermore, you may also tend to take for granted the things that have always been there for you. As such, your model of relationship or family may neglect that portion. This is only picked up by your children to come. If there is...
I suppose after so much bull-talking, it should be easy to guess what my family/parents lack and what I take for granted.
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"Communication. It is the first thing we really learn in life" - Grey's Anatomy. It is also the thing we tend to neglect in life. Communication goes both ways. There must be at least a listener and a talker. As we grow more comfortable with our words, we want to become the talker rather than the listener. We break the little chains of communication this way.
Of course, there are many other ways of breaking the communication lines. For example, taking things for granted. There will be so many points in life whereby you take for granted your listener or your talker and you tend to overstep all boundaries. The simple "thank you for listening", "thank you for calling" or greetings are gradually gone. But these are the simple words that will make one's day when you say them with meaning.
The Origin. 6/04/2006 11:10:00 am
