雙語散文:父母的智慧
父母的智慧
Teenagers, when they grow up, begin to question their parents' authority and wisdom. And I tell you, they're not always wrong. Most parents have children too young themselves. They are not themselves wise enough to lead other unwise human beings. But the system of our world is like that. So we grow up, many of us being frustrated with our parents, because they want to have the right and authority to tell us what to do. And then we sometimes question that because they are not always right. This is true. But they are authority figures. We cannot argue with them. Yet, we feel frustrated inside. Sometimes younger people have more wisdom than older people, because all of us have wisdom to begin with. It doesn't mean that if you are born later, you have less wisdom. It's not always true. It is because we are born with wisdom, you see!
But then, according to worldly experience, the parents should be a little older in order to understand how to raise their children. But in our society, if you have children, you have to raise them, no matter how old you are, and most people in this society even encourage people to marry early so that they can raise children early while they are strong. They are strong, but they might not be wise.
青少年長大以後，會開始懷疑父母親的權威和智慧，我告訴你們，他們這樣做並不是都不對，大部分的父母有小孩時都還太年輕，他們自己的智慧根本不夠教養這些智慧待開的孩子，然而我們世界的系統就是這樣，所以我們長大以後，許多人與父母親之間感覺很挫折，因爲父母親想要我們按照他們的想法做事，但我們有時候會質疑，因爲事實上他們不一定都對，不過因爲他們是權威人物，我們不能和他們爭論，但我們內心會有挫折感。年輕人有時候比年紀大的人還要有智慧，因爲我們都有智慧可以開展，並非晚出生就比較沒有智慧，這不一定，因爲我們生來就有智慧。
不過，依照世俗的經驗，父母親的年齡應該要大一點，才能瞭解如何養育小孩，可是在我們的社會裏，如果你有了小孩，就必須要養育他們，不管你的年紀多大，而這個社會甚至鼓勵人們早婚，這樣纔可以在年輕力壯的時候養小孩，他們雖然健壯，卻不一定有智慧。
應該要讓祖父母來養小孩，老一輩的智慧總是比較可靠，可是在這個社會裏，當你老了以後，他們就把你送進養老院，跟你說再見了！然後，年輕人試着自己養育下一代，夫妻雙方都年紀輕輕、沒有經驗，小兩口又常常發脾氣，因爲他們自己也覺得挫折，他們還沒有找到所有需要的答案，只顧忙着賺錢養家活口，這對小孩或父母親都是不好的情況。年輕父母親沒有時間多學習，因爲忙着養小孩和賺錢，而那正成熟、有智慧、力量、耐心又沉着的長輩，卻被趕出社會了，浪費了他們的智慧。唉！我們世界的人還有好多要學，好多、好多要學。
