WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

There are many things,

whether you like them

or not, that you must do.

Even your birth proved

a kind of reluctance.

Your parents were having great fun

but got carried away,

and soon your mother found

herself pregnant. Then they argued

for a long time about whether to keep

the baby. They changed

their minds back and forth,

but finally decided

to allow you into this world.

Don’t work yourself up.

What I said is absolutely true.

If you don’t believe me

you can go ask your mother.

Actually, you shouldn’t be too concerned.

There’s no need to find out

whether you were an accident

who threw your parents into a crisis.

What’s essential is that they chose

the effort to raise you and let their love

for you enfold themselves

body and soul, and let your existence

define the boundary

of their happiness and stress.

Don’t talk again about having your own way.

You must do what you should do,

whether you like it or not.