a twig only is very easy to break. but a bunch of twig, you will be surprised, is
much harder to break.
australia is like a twig only. why?
a family of husband and wife would generally be one husband working at
the office and the wife takes care of the house, provide dinner, cleaning,
etc.
because the husband at the office, the wife would then be alone at home.
which means, 'a woman' takes care of the house, need to drive car,
shopping, cooking, cleaning, washing, gardening, probably even taking
after the plumbing and everything else that happens in the house.
and then the children will be born.
and then the parents are old and need taken care of.
all these, have to be taken care of by a few people, generally 1 or 2
people, and could be mostly taken care of by the wife.
how can you be so sure that this wife (the twig), will not easily
snap because of overwork? are you trying to proof something
that everyone of you is a wonder woman?
many old people stay at the home, because no one could
take care of them.
indonesia is like a bunch of twigs. why?
in a house there is the family, that can easily support several family
members, plus the servants, the drivers, the tukang (repairman or
builder).
even if the wife spends all day in the dressing room, everything is
taken care of by all other people.
if parents become old, we would hire a nurse or two and take care of them
easily.
these nurses and servants are different from australia because they stay
at the house 24/7. they know well everything around the house in a
short period because it is what they see everyday and they don't need
to travel at all, can save travelling money and less traffic jam on the road.
because everything is so close together, in a short area there can be
numerous number of houses, and because of great number of people,
food are also available closeby and the food sellers will never run out of buyers
and if more food seller comes, there are still enough people to buy or
support the food seller because there are still many people who buy them.
if in a house you have 1 person, and in a house you have 4 persons. which
house do you think will be taken care of better? not only the house will be well
taken care of, but the people also will be much rested, with more variety
of food, more variety of products, and the tukang will also be more
experienced because there are many customers for any given area to work on.
in indonesia, we are taught that a bunch of twig cannot be easily broken
but one twig is very easily broken. i don't want the risk to be easily
broken and i agree with indonesia. and i recommend you to spend majority
of your life to be well rested and fully provided for.
