Everyone has experienced childhood fears in their lives be it the fear of ghost, darkness, insects, exams and many more. Some may have overcomed them, but some may have not yet overcomed it. So today I'm going to talk about my childhood fears.
When I was young, I used to go to the night market with my parents. We usually go to the one at Taman Mega which only opens on Sundays. After dinner, my father would go there to buy some fruits and I would follow my brother everywhere hoping that I do not get lost in the crowd of people.
While walking along the streets, there are many beggers. There's young ones and old ones. The begger who is a mother would sit on a dirty carpet and beg for money from us with her child in her hands. She even had a few child with her sleeping on the carpet. Another one I remember is the an old man without limbs and the way he look, i can't even describe it with words. Yes, my childhood fear is beggers.
Actually, I do not fear the beggers on the street, what I fear is to be like them. I don't want to be like them. I was always wondering why are they begging for money on the streets? Where are their parents? What happen to their limbs? Did their parents abandoned them? I was scared that my parensts would abandon me as well and I would have to join them to beg for money on the streets. So, I was scared to go near beggers at the night market.
But one day, I overcomed my fear. This was due to some talk in my primary school. There was a person who came to talk about stress during my primary school days. There was one sentence he said, "People worries about everything, some worries that they wouldn't get married in the future, some worries that they might become a begger in the future. Relax, just have fun!" After listening to that, I realized how stupid I was to worry about tiny little things like this which have a 0.0001 % of happening to me. Being a begger, HAH!
Nowadays, when I see the beggers on the street, I would go to them and give them some money. I'm not scared of being a begger anymore! Because I know, I have the ability to support myself in the future, find a job, buy a house, get a car. I've got rid of this childhood fear a long time ago. So relax, and have fun!
Some may have overcomed them, but some may have not yet overcomed it.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Some may have overcomed them, but some may not.
She even had a few child with her sleeping on the carpet.
Correction: She even had a few children with her sleeping on the carpet.