So I read in the paper that last week, a month old, beautiful baby boy was found abandoned very close to where I work.
He was left on some grass by a hospital, with only some clothes and diapers for company and whilst he is perfectly healthy, he has deformed ears which Police believe is the reason he was rejected by his parents.
He is being cared for by nurses at present but by the time this post comes out, he will have probably been sent to a children’s home unless his parents come forth.
Let’s think about that for a moment.
A beautiful, wonderful, sweet baby boy – and he is all those things and more – gets ‘told’ he is not good enough within a month of his life starting, resulting in the chances of him being able to forge a half decent life in the most competitive, populated country on Earth has suddenly magnified in difficulty.
Tragically this is a fairly common situation – this is the 4th such abandonment near our office in the past month – and whilst I have an idea that I am going to explore that I think might be able to help in a rather devious way, I want to talk about something else.
Many people in the West think they have it tough.
Of course some do, but I’m talking about the people who have the trappings that others would regard as wealth beyond reason.
They have good, well paid jobs … live in nice places … have beautiful possessions and yet they feel they are a victim of life.
A victim of life.
Imagine living in a society so harsh that a single fault could result in total and utter abondanment.
Not just for one day. For life.
Imagine the pressure you would feel to deliver – as well as conform – so when Westerners say the people of Asia are narrow minded or stupid it pisses me off because [1] they’re not and [2] their behaviour/attitude [in certain circumstances] is driven by the paralysis of their countries ‘rules of engagement’ not lack of ability.
I absolutely love China and Asia … I love it for a whole host of reasons, of which it’s appreciation of family is a major one … however it’s ability to cut off ties in an instant is both shocking and vicious to me, and whilst I am not saying [1] all Asian people have this mindset or [2] this doesn’t happen in the West [as the recent incident in France proves] it doesn’t make it any easier for me to take.
Maybe if these abandoned babies could be adopted by people outside of China it would be a teensy bit better – but like most countries, foreign adoption is notoriously difficult to achieve – but this does help explain China’s relentless advancement because when you come from a culture that adopts a stance of ‘shape up or ship out’, you will work harder and appreciate more because the option to complain to your boss about your pay not covering the cost of your image-obsessed lifestyle isn’t there.
If the person who who this post is aimed at reads it [yes, it’s you KT], I hope they understand what I am saying … because I think their entitlement attitude should be rewarded with a fist in the face, not a compassionate and warm hearing.
Get a fucking grip, you’ve done hardly anything to justify a single element of the outrageously good life you have and if anything you should keep your gob shut because if you were born in this wonderful – but occasionally harsh country – you’d of been left behind, not greeted with such warm, open arms and smiles.