Filial Piety

You know how it is, when you're young and your mum gives you this book to read which consists of virtues which are practiced by the ancient Chinese characters in the story, hoping that someday you'll cultivate those virtues and put it to practice? If you're wondering what book it is, its published by some Singaporean publisher called Asiapac if my memory serves. It used to publish numerous books on the manifold virtues through the form of short comics in the Ancient Chinese Era where emperors and those sort still lived. Then, the word filial to me was about just any other new vocab which I have gained through reading such books whereby having an English teacher as a mum, I would say it has its pros and cons as she kept on pestering my siblings and I to brush up on our vocabulary.

Well after all these years, I suppose I finally came to apprehend the meaning of being a filial son. I used to think that being filial is something unachievable without having to feel some sort of discontentment, whereby you are doing your best to make the life of your parents a tad less burdensome, however on the other hand your siblings ain't doing their part of the share. It can come in various forms like being frugal in ones' expenditure, trying your best to help out with chores at home, and etc.

Say you were trying so hard to lessen the electric bills so that eventually your parents will have to fork out less money from their income to the Elec Co. and here your younger brother comes along leaving the lights on and switching on the air-conditioner to his whim and fancy and eventually increases the expense of your parents or perhaps in the scenario of helping your parents with household chores and you can't help being calculative in everything you do for you parents when the youngest or the eldest sibling just goes on with their lives without giving a hand at all?

Doesn't it somehow make all your efforts seem futile? Have you ever felt that way? Well, I have and I earnestly believe it takes certain circumstances to change a person and I am sure God has been playing a part in all these circumstances which I am currently going through at the moment. Life has never been that easy and I am certain of that fact, but only did not come to realize how fast it came to hit me.

Tons of things have been taking place one too many in a month and I have barely any time for myself. However I thank God that I have finally earned myself a fraction of a day to catch up on my things and studies which are way overdue done ever since results were out. With that, I am thankful apart from having to water the plants, ensure clothes are washed, hanged, folded, ensure that the dogs are fed including myself for lunch and dinner and etc.

So to those out there who are lavishly spending their time doing the things they like for eg. surfing the internet, catching up on drama/series, etc. I suggest you do something more worthwhile to help ease your parents burden or even better, ask them if they need any help. I am sure they'll be glad to have kids like you.

God Bless.

p/s: Had no intention of self-flattering. Wrote this post out of realization of what has taken place for the past weeks.