N 33 To My Granddaughters (and all Daughters as well ) with Love

N33     To my Granddaughters  (and all Daughters as well ) with Love    Part 2

About culture;   The world is all connected by the internet, so that it has become a global village now. All forms of culture concerning fashion, hair style , music, dance, attitudes, ideas, and many other things have penetrated into our culture through all kinds of media , which we cannot turn a blind eye on and refuse to accept. But on the contrary we accept these cultures readily and gladly. So what have become to the styles of our young people now? Actresses and models, girls and young women’s dresses have become very very hot that they cannot be called  respective  and are not acceptable by older people. I often see articles written and criticized  by writers who are opposed to those kind of dressings  in journals. About clothes we shouldn’t go to extremes because there is nothing to be gained ,but only they may give bad results.

Besides fashion style we also adopt music , dances, lifestyles  readily  as if they were our own.It doesn’t matter if they don’t cause any harm to you but you shouldn’t overdo them. If there is something good for you take them and if they may be harmful to you do not put them in your mind. In some movies and dramas and also the internet there are things that are poisonous to the mind . But you cannot stay away from them because they are also the biggest sources to get knowledge , which is one thing you surely will have to acquire. Only if you have the right knowledge you will be able to differentiate right and wrong. Gathering knowledge is a lifelong process . It never ends. Beside movies , dramas and the internet you get knowledge from books , from our environment, and from experiences of our own or other people’s.But you have to choose what to look for because all of these sources are not good and advantageous. When-ever you hear and see something , if it is remarkable or good put it in your mind and discard it if it is futile.  Choose carefully what you are going to read and going to watch.

I want to say something about the internet. Computers are the most advanced gadget today and the internet is the one thing we cannot do without. Everybody knows about the advantages of the internet, so I will not go into details. But the thing I want to say about it is that many people are misusing it . Even if someone is not using it for obscene knowledge using it for playing games, watching dramas or chatting  for long hours about senseless  matters are not good actions and will hurt that person in the long run. So I want to advice you not to go to extremes but use it for good purposes only.

Well….. I am going to conclude my note to you now. You understand that I am saying all these because I love you and I want you to become perfect persons. To be educated , truthful, dutiful , kind, generous and not be poisonous to your society but someone who will make it better. Be careful in everything you do, don’t get addicted to something that is meaningless, and sometimes you have to refrain, or control yourselves  from overdoing something that will not be good for you. As you are going into the open wide world, arm yourselves with wisdom and knowledge and start to tread your way to become a person whom I would like you to be.

N32 To My Granddaughters (and all daughters as well ) with Love

N 32     To My Grand Daughters ( and all Daughters as well ) with Love ( part 1 )

Sometimes when I see you doing something that I think is not right and proper ,I want to tell you so, but I didn’t do so because I know you will not like and will say I’m nagging . So I keep it to myself and refrain from saying anything . But I am old now and does not know when I am leaving you forever. And we are not born with full knowledge who knows everything that no teachings and admonishings are necessary . So if I don’t say anything to advice you , something which will be useful for your future lives I think I will be an irresponsible person. So let me give you some advice before it is too late.

You are a fortunate bunch of kids who have everything . You attend expensive international  schools and have gone  (also preparing to go in the future ) abroad to study. Although you are studying in an expensive school with some extra tuitions I see that you are not studious, don’t work hard but live carefree lives with  no ambitions. You don’t know the lives of children who are living in poverty, those who cannot go to school although they want to, those who have to work to support their parents and family , so you cannot be considerate and compare your lives with them.

You are now in the first part of your lives. People have to fulfil their duties according to their age. The  first    part of your live is for learning . You have to acquire education as much as you can. The more learning and many degrees the much better. With education you can serve your country as well as yourselves. I would like you to be highly educated persons than to be rich and wealthy. So I want to urge you to put some effort and concentrate on getting higher degrees  which can also be called vocational trainings so that you will not have to repent in later years. It is better if you have ambitions and try to achieve them.

The next thing I want to tell you is about religion and culture. We are born Myanmar citizens with Buddhist as our religion. Our basic culture and religious teachings are that we revered the triple gems which are Payar, Tayar, Sangha plus parents and teachers. These 5 things and persons never teach us to do wrong. Instead they teach us to do the right things only, and guide us to become rightful persons. So never doubt their teachings , but learn about our religion as much as you can, where and when you can and follow the teachings during your lives. Try to become a real Buddhist by knowing the teachings of Buddha and not to be a Buddhist by birth only. As for parents and elders be respectful to them and try to be good daughters and grand daughters to them before they passed away.

To be continued…….