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The other day, my 12 years old pupil suddenly said to me, " Teacher, do you know you can find anything you want to know on Youtube ? " in a matter-of-fact tone.
" Oh, really ? " I looked at him.
Then another time, my 9 years old pupil proudly said to me, " I know something about the computer thing. I also help my mom reload her cell phone and keyin her friend's number. My mom doesn't know how to do all this."
Then my 44 years old pupil said to me, " I don't even know how to open an e mail. The computer thing is very difficult to use. My English is not good."
I said to her, " Shirley, you can learn. Who says your English is not good ? "
She said, " I'm old already. My mind is rusty. Nowadays I find it hard to concentrate. May be I'm approaching my menopause. "
" Can you sleep ? " I asked her.
"Not really. I think a lot. " She sighed.
" What is there to think ? " I wondered.
" My daughter. She is about to leave home for further studies. My children are all not with me soon. " She said helplessly.
" Shirley, learn to let go. Our kids don't belong forever to us especially when they are this age ( 18-20s) They have their life to live. After all, we also have our life to live. "
" But she is so young and innocent. People will bully her. " almost in tears.
" Let time tell. She will be okay and why people want to bully her ? " I really don't get her.
It is like a mirror that reflects the difference between a young heart and an old heart.
The zeal for things around the old hearts seems to be dying away and any new things are just like some heavy burden added to their tired and sick pattern of life that they can't accept whereas the young is so eager waiting for new things to happen around them.
This reminds me of a book titled : How To Win Over Worry by John Edmund Haggai which is a bestseller sold over 2,000,000 copies. Anyone ?
I wish my friend to open up her mind to face and accept the challenge ahead of her in her daily life.
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