Our desires and our opportunities. Do they match? Not always. Every person has a choice - to be happy with what you have or get something more. Of course, to achieve our desires often need to make an effort. But without hard work nothing happens. Desire is our goal, to achieve it - we do something every day. Of course, we have not only primitive desires, such as food, clothing, but there are more global - change work, travel, buying a car. I've noticed, that when it comes to simple desires, I'm often willing to save. For example, if I need a jacket, I know the amount of money I'm willing to spend on it. If I find a jacket, that I like, but it will be expensive - I will not buy it, because I think it is a waste of money. But when it comes to my daughter's needs, my common sense sometimes denies me. When I see a beautiful dress for her, I'm ready to buy, even if I understand, that I can buy another and cheaper. We bought her a nice bed, a big toy house, a scooter, a bicycle. In general, she has everything... I can tell, that I at her age didn't have much of what she has now. Perhaps, I embody my childhood dreams, when I decorate it room in pink color, buying bed in the form of toy house. My childhood was happy, but I also remember, how I always wanted a barbie toy house and roller skates. But the parents could not do I buy them, because barbies toy house and roller skates were expensive, real expensive and during my childhood in my town were not so many places to roller skate. Honestly, I don't know, what's better. Not to have something and to understand the value of things, to cherish her, to take care of. Or have everything and not appreciate it. I hope, that our daughter will understand, that all her things are not taken out of the air, that parents work hard and deny themselves something to buy something for her.
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Great and heart touching writing. I feel the same like you. I am always ready to give everything for my daughter or son which I may not spend for myself. This is life and going same from generation to generation.
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nice writing, but I believe you have to add many things to this subject. and it will make it longer than this to fit in a single post!
one example: "to achieve our desires often need to make an effort"
it depends on your ideology. not all desires need same kind of effort.
People who live the moment, they live in eternal peace with no effort! they've just came to the belief, that life ends exactly where they stop living the moment. As Ludwig Wittgenstein says "If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."
So maybe it's not the right time, but later you may try to teach your beloved child to define life, joy, happiness and then she can live in eternal peace with whatever she has made or given by her parents.
I really liked your thoughts! Thanks for the response!
You're welcome. I like communicating, contribution and engagement
Something that regretfully steemit lacks!
I am not a parent so maybe I shouldn't comment, but far too much I see nowadays children who don't know the value of hard work and reward. Which obviously leads to self indulgence later and self importance. (My own nieces and nephews included in this)
It's sad that you see such examples. But not all is so badly)
I desire to have oppertunities