CIRCUS
Elephants & OLD Ladies
What would you expect to see in circus?... Maybe, entertainment, magic, or animals. Then, what is hiding beyond these things?
In the morning of Presentation study, I was reading on interesting story about ‘Circus’. The truth behind that curtain was a picture of big elephant chained with small chain, and Small elephant chained with the same size. The story said, when elephants were little, they will try their best to let them out from the chain, but apparently when they grow up, they found the truth that they cannot escape from it, that is why big elephant was clam and it was not try to escape anymore.
Somewhere in this story, it reminds me of some conversation that I talked to my mom many recently. I told her, I wish her to getting older like American old lady. I saw a lot of Thai old ladies stay still at home, they are not doing anything much, and mostly sleeping for a long time while American old ladies still going a lot outside, play games, do volunteering, and even travel from north to south. These were my experience during my exchange year in America when I was fifteen years old. Thai ladies are similar to circus elephants, they enjoy and struggle to seek the world in their youth life as small elephant, but in the future they just sit still and accept the time to pass them through as big elephants with small chain. I do not prefer my mom to be like other Thai old lady who let the time pass, but I prefer my mom to be always energetic as an American old lady. I would like my mom to be happy even now and future.
Luckily, she accepted
my offer; she tries to practice her brain all the times with games, such as
word findings or crossword. She also takes care of herself even more, she eats
good foods, sleeps early, and does some exercise. She even told me to always
remind her to be as an American lady, and of course I will, since, I do not want
her to be like a big elephant in the circus anyway.
LOVE YOU MOM ...
