Let It Be

I am in a pensive mood lately, especially so this morning, at 7.28am as I begin penning this post. I put pen to paper to expand on this pensiveness so I can understand my mind better.

I was thinking about some of our country's youths today -- about the case of young Ahmad Harizal who spent one night in jail because he could not pay RM600 fine for missing out on National Service.

I think about youths who were luckier to go on schooling till form 6 (at Ahmad's age), then maybe later to a local university, or luckier, proceed to Oxford, or Cambridge, or to New Delhi, or Beijing, or Bandung University, for tertiary studies.

But one thing that is common at that age and the following five years, from 18 till 25 -- for those still benefiting from the closeted environments of a college campus,
there is time for Idealism to blossom and fruit. And that's a privileged position to be in.

Compared with spending a night in jail while making sacrifices for Family First, the youth at college is in a First World environ compared with the former's fourth world.

Parents must then allow their children in a First World environ to enjoy their youth, maximise their Idealism, and pursue their dreams in line with this Idealism, however they deem it to be.

My writing today mainly laments the fact that too many misguided adults want their YoungOnes to take on the "journeys" they had missed out on -- study law, or medicine, or engineering, instead of pursuing English language studies, or mass communications, or biology, because the former get the graduate a better income and thatluxury home faster. They impose their ambitions on their children, not listening to what the YoungOnes truly and heartily want!

To people caught in such conflicting situations, my word, to the parents especially, is: Let It Be ...

Let the young ones be
Follow their dreams
Flower their Idealism
They have a Unique mind
Don't impose the tyranny of thy wisdom
Of some 25-35 years advantage on the youth
For there is a higher Wisdom
Just Let It Be!

I take leave for thee to ponder one of my favouarite Beatles' songs:

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, Let It Be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, Let It Be

PS: For the record, I end this Rambling at 8.08am, and I feel my mind quite expanded. Let Thy Mind Expand, mYf (in the plural).