NEW EYES
If roses and cactus both are needed to make our gardens, and if both of them have their own place and an irreplaceable beauty about them… then, this must be said: “Let the roses be… Let the cactus be.” A worried parent was talking to me on phone, this morning. He and his wife are really worried about their young son. The young boy is just unwilling to work hard, focus on what they had thought as his career would be: Medicine. No, the boy seems way behind and frustration is consuming the hearts of his parents. In life, it is very difficult to let go… Yes, for all of us. In this case, it is difficult for the parents to let go of their ‘control’… their clinging to their ideas, plans, aspirations about their son… even the social image, unwittingly, they have webbed around their hearts… It is tough to accept and come to terms with the reality that their son is a ‘young man’ now and he does assert, does resist, does rebel…and, all this is for the rig...