Labour

Today is Labour Day, or May Day as it is called here. So what is May Day to you? It doesn't make any impact on me as I will still be working.

When I think of "labour", I don't relate to workers sweating (and cursing?) their lives to a job they may or not enjoy doing. When I think of "labour", my mind relates the word to an expectant mother, perspiring and breathing heavily as she awaits her child to enter the world. I can't say I know how it feels going through the pain, but having share the experience before, I will advice any guy to appreciate the woman he makes love to and for putting her into such pain. She deserves more from you than sex.

Perhaps the greatest "labourer" is the mother, she who don't even get a day off from being a mother. And she don't get pay for her continuous work in bringing up her child.

A mother is not an easy job, and not everyone qualifies. There is no degree or diploma for someone to pursue to learn the finer art of being a mother. But the job demands the greatest talent from the person who choose to undertake it. Perhaps someone should start a course in the finer art to be a mother.

Maybe Labour Day should be dedicated to mothers of the world too, and let them have a day off, away from the children. Afterall, Mother's Day is a day of celebration with the children, so let today be a day for her to do whatever she wants, with whoever she wants ... and not with her children.

Happy Labour Day! Happy May Day!