Children

It is almost 2am, when everybody is hiding under their warm blanket and soundly asleep, I am still awake. It is a peaceful and quiet night, besides the sound of my fan swirling; I could hear the rain pouring outside the window vividly. Looking out the window, I am really glad that I have a cozy home where I can hid or cuddle on the bed when the weather turns cold, a permanent shelter that protect me from stormy weather.
Whenever I thought of how fortunate I am, I would think of the less fortunate, wondering where they are settling down, do they even have a proper shelter at all. Today, I read the Chinese newspaper and I saw an article on how unfilial children can be in Hong Kong. They coax their parents into going overseas trip with them, on the surface level, they are bringing their parents for a holiday to enjoy but in their minds they are contemplating to cheat their parents’ money and abandon them at a foreign country. The elderly stated in the article is one who is senile, and I believe that their children abandoned her because of the heavy burden shouldered on care giving. Luckily the elderly is brought back to Hong Kong but with her medical condition, she is not able to remember where she stay, thus, despite being brought back to Hong Kong, she is being left on the streets, being a beggar. A lot of emotions stirred up in my body when I read the article. I really feel for the elderly, I was close to tears when reading it. I was just wondering how someone can be so cruel towards their close kin, I really cannot understand. Even though if we say that, it is because the parents may have done something bad in the past that left an indelible mark in their children’s minds, it does not mean that the children can do something so cruel to their parents.
I feel that one day these people will have their retribution either when they turn old they may treat likewise too or in their next life… It is a matter of time.. ( You better watch out by CSY)