Spoilt brats?

It occurs to me how much all of us want a certain something or someone at times. We commit to all costs concerned just fir plain materialism or satisfaction.

I grew up never knowing what it was like having a father and a mother under one roof. And for a much ascertain period of time, i spent my childhood hating my father insisting that i din wan a surname as such. IN a way, it was childish but childish beared with alot of hate.I grew up as a boy that knew could get the latest car or action figure if i just open my mouth. I grew up as a teen knowing i could get the coolest shoes or the most expensive of soccer boots. The only way my mother could show she cared and loved me was to spend on me. Not that it was her fault. WE all have obstacles, ups and downs, its just that we need to learn to get up time after time sometimes on our own. Thats how the people up there made it.

I learnt the value of spending with absolutely no consideration for the value of saving. As i paced down the streets of hong kong, i stared down at my father who wore shoes that belonged to my half brother, i turned to my friend and saw he got new shoes, i thought back home of the pairs and pairs of shoes i had back home. That was the story, that my father who catered the cost of my travel fare and expenditure didn even bear to get shoes for himself.

Of course, its argueable that you can pay them back and that you ought to. But thats not it isnt it? Luckily for me, i have worked and i know how sucky it is to earn little and spend so much. People, im your average teen that also enjoys looking good. What we buy comes out of our parents unless you work of course. But think for a while, do they do their shopping, do you realy need what you want.

My mother taught me to spend on whats worth without hesitation in my early part of childhood, with her gone now, my father teaches me to save on whats worth without hesitation. I may not have had the best parents in the world, but it does make a whole lotta difference. I was never ashamed of my parents no matte rwhat they did, i learnt.

JF kennedy once said:
" Its not what the country can do for you , but what you can do for the country"

Similarly, its not how much your parents can afford to accommodate your materialism but how much you can offer them in filial piety. I went around searching for answers and whats not, but i was left to no avail. You cant find whats not there. So dont bother looking. What you have is the present, and what you have at present, is now.

Money is sure as hell easy to spend, but goddamn tough to save.

Night