from Stanislaw Warda: Shampoo
Shampoos, face creams, perfumes: these are only a few of many things portraying her perfect smiling face. She is young, popular, and rich. Like she said by herself, she has homes in the Bahamas, Miami, and Europe. Her parents got divorced. Her mother lives in the Bahamas, father in Europe and her boyfriend waiting for her in Vancouver. For many of her peers, she is the example of a woman who achieves success and would be the reason for envy.
Yet, her last interview would astonish. She arrived in Europe because she wanted to know her family and find her family roots. She visited a small town when her mother was born and she found out that her extended family still lives in this small town and is huge. She met her extended uncles, grandmother and grandfather. Her extended uncles live a couple of streets away from their parents and the rest of the family. All of them see each other whenever they want. Their children play together and see each other a couple of times a day. They do not have to wait for the weekends to see each other. When one person uncle or some child has some problem they can in a couple minutes go to their grandparents’ home to find some advice and the children always get something sweet.
She spent time with her family and during this time, as she said in an interview, she understood how lonely she is and how much she would instead like to live like her extended family.
Perhaps it was just a sudden, immature idea from young successful model, but also it would be a perfect example that we always dream about something that we do not have. When she starts talking about herself I immediately start to pay attention because this story is familiar to me, perhaps not only for me, but this story would be for all of us, the story about our whole generation. The generation of the internet, cellphones and many other social media that we use, we have many friends but this is still not enough to be happy.
It could also be a message for what all parents can do to make their children happier. Perhaps her mother got divorced because she decided that in the US her children would have a happier life and more opportunity for success, than life in a small town. What price do we all have to pay for our families and children to be happy? What is the recipe for happiness? How to evaluate what is better and where children and adult people are most happy - in a small home with grandparents somewhere in the middle of nowhere, or a busy shiny metropolis. Finally, what even is happiness?
Yet, her last interview would astonish. She arrived in Europe because she wanted to know her family and find her family roots. She visited a small town when her mother was born and she found out that her extended family still lives in this small town and is huge. She met her extended uncles, grandmother and grandfather. Her extended uncles live a couple of streets away from their parents and the rest of the family. All of them see each other whenever they want. Their children play together and see each other a couple of times a day. They do not have to wait for the weekends to see each other. When one person uncle or some child has some problem they can in a couple minutes go to their grandparents’ home to find some advice and the children always get something sweet.
She spent time with her family and during this time, as she said in an interview, she understood how lonely she is and how much she would instead like to live like her extended family.
Perhaps it was just a sudden, immature idea from young successful model, but also it would be a perfect example that we always dream about something that we do not have. When she starts talking about herself I immediately start to pay attention because this story is familiar to me, perhaps not only for me, but this story would be for all of us, the story about our whole generation. The generation of the internet, cellphones and many other social media that we use, we have many friends but this is still not enough to be happy.
It could also be a message for what all parents can do to make their children happier. Perhaps her mother got divorced because she decided that in the US her children would have a happier life and more opportunity for success, than life in a small town. What price do we all have to pay for our families and children to be happy? What is the recipe for happiness? How to evaluate what is better and where children and adult people are most happy - in a small home with grandparents somewhere in the middle of nowhere, or a busy shiny metropolis. Finally, what even is happiness?
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