a story...
there was a girl.
since young she was always compared to her cousin of the same age.
not by her parents but by her relatives. the aunts and other older cousins.
she was always the one looked down upon.
never the beautiful one or the smart one.
always, in their eyes, she was not pretty. not smart.
she is the slow one. the ugly one. the short one and the list goes on.
in every major exams, even if she is a grade down, it will be as if she flunked.
even a 1 point difference will be made as if its 10, 20 points.
they will go so and so is pretty and tall unlike her.
no matter what she did, she was still second. never the first.
she was hurt.
but she kept it to herself, not wanting to make her parents sad.
all the way until she is 19 years old,
they treated her that way.
invisible and never outstanding.
always the one in the background...
she was sad and she wondered what wrong did she do to deserve such treatment.
she looked at her parents and said,
when will they be proud of me?
when can i make them acknowledge my parents?
when will they stop looking down on her family?
she worked hard in the backgrounds.
she worked till her tears flow freely.
she had only one thing in mind.
she wanted people to respect her.
she wants her parents to be proud of her.
then, she got her wishes.
she was no longer in the background.
though there were still remarks here and there,
she knows her parents are proud of her.
those people seem to realise that
this girl has grown up to be a fine adult.
she wonder is status really that important? why must this world be measured in terms of status? a person of lower class standing should still be respected. its not as if that person has done a big mistake. honesty and contentment should be enough. she realised that people begin to notice her because she has sort of achieve a higher status. but is it really that important? why are they so shallow? why must they look down on her before? everyone deserves respect. no matter what. is it so hard to respect one another? she does not have any hard feelings but for her to forget will take time...
phew... what a story. hehe.
