Have you been angry with a child before? Nope? Liar.
I was on my way down to ground floor just to realize that I was still in my office slippers. Immediately, I alighted at level 8 and wait for the next lift to bring me up to the 45th floor. There were 7 people in the lift, including me and a child. There was a young girl and her maid. The maid was busy chatting on the phone with her loud speaker on. Just too bad that I could not understand the language; else I would be very interested to know the contents of the conversation. (Yea, very 八卦 - that’s human =P)
well, side track a little bit, the maid seems to be richer than me! (I judged that by the phone that she uses). I have lost track of all the Nokia models, my memory got stuck at Nokia 6280, the blue light phone - that’s how backwards I am. She is using one of the latest Nokia phone, doll. WOW! You may say it backward again. I am telling the truth. I think maids that stayed in IP are pretty rich.
Back to the lift. The maid was so busy with the conversation, while the young girl is trying to get her attention. And guess what she did? She pressed the all the lift buttons that is within her reach (from level 20+ all the way to 40+!! OMG! Do you know what that mean to me?!!? I have to wait for the lift to stop by every level before I could reach my office and that would take me about 10mins!!! Two men made some sarcasm within themselves while I was boiling on the inside. If I am not the one who goes to the highest level, I probably could give myself some consolation. But I am. 45th floor is the highest destination for that lift. No consolation! I stared at the maid, watching her if she would just simply shut off the conversation to discipline that brat, she did not!! She just slapped the kid's hands, and threatened, "Stop it! Wait I tell your mummy". What a threat! This spoilt brat is oblivious to it! She is still trying to stretch as high as possible so that she could press more buttons. And the maid actually ignored her! After several failing attempts, she begins to jump in the lift. I almost wanted to snatch the phone from that maid and kicked both out of the lift. INCORRIGIBLE.
After they left the lift, leaving me alone stranded in the long ride up, I was telling myself, this spoilt brat! I pity her! What would she be when she grows up? And that irresponsible maid! If I am the mother, I would give her one tight slap and sends her off to her country! Angry, mad, fuming, frustrated, irritated, annoyed, livid, irate, heated, crossed, furious, enraged, outraged, infuriated… if I have not explained myself clearly, I was gnashing my teeth! I felt that I have a zillion watts of strength to kick the maid back to her country and the spoilt brat to her mummy.
While the lift brings me up, God’s gentleness began to calm me down.
What are you angry with? Who are you angry with? And why are you angry? You have forgotten to change your slippers, is it the child’s fault? Is it the maid’s fault? Why get yourself fuming mad with a little kid? She is just an innocent child. She has no idea what inconveniences she could have done to you by doing what she was doing.
How about the maid, Lord?? She is an adult and she fails to discipline the child whom her employers has entrusted her to!
Can’t you be more merciful? You are not perfect, so don’t expect people to be prefect. Don’t expect them to know how you feel or what you are going through, because they are not Me, they WON’T KNOW.
Yea right. be angry but do not sin. Much anger left me by the time i reached my office. lessons learnt and to keep in mind. It will remind me to teach my child well when i become a mother one day.
Whats the point of being angry with a child? They could not understand what they are doing yet. They are just... innocent. So its our responsibility to instill virtues in their life.
