Dear Mina:

By ““You learned to sacrifice a part of yourself”, I did not refer to having been taught to work hard, to endure not having everything you want, to postpone gratification, and such.

But let’s look at what you wrote in your most recent post, right above: “We cannot get all things that we wanted our way. We have to work hard and sometimes we have to sacrifice something important to get the bigger thing”-

Am I correct in my understanding: (according to your other thread), you were taught to not work physically hard, and you never did; you never distressed your body with physical work. You were given all material goods by somewhat wealthy parents, so you didn’t have to postpone gratification.

What your parents do demand of you is that you study hard so that you can be “someone” in the future, so that you can have the prestige and income of a respectable profession, correct?

anita