Posted by: Maha-Sakti November 23, 2004
Getting a Green Card
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Usher, Though you definitely deserve what you've done, hurt someone's feelings, play with people's lives, your story however raises a very good question to ponder upon to not only us Nepalis, but to every human in general. What is the most important thing in life? For some, it may be money, for some a fulfilling career, or for some just a simple happy family. Most of us came here to get a good education so that we could earn a living or for some earn a lot of money. But while doing so, we do not realise what we are missing. We are missing every moment of our lives that we could be spending with our family. When we talk on the phone and listen to our dad and mom telling us about things going on back home, celebrating festivals half-heartedly without us, do we not miss those? Do we not wish that we were with them? Besides, as we grow old, and our elders grow older, the chances of lossing someone in life increases. Anything can happen to our loved ones. So finally it boils down to, whether is was worth coming to US, while leaving our family behind, while not being there when our dad and mom, brother and sisters needed us. In so many cases, I have witnessed brothers not being able to attend their sister's wedding in Nepal, sons or daughters not being able to be aside of thier mom or dad when they were laying on the hospital bed, or times when they simply were not their to light the funeral. So is this all worth it? What is a life, if one is missing everything that is important in life? We may accomplish money, Green Card, or whatever, but at the expense of what, and that expense makes it whether is was worth it.
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