"Who is to say what is the best for me?" Mark blurted these words to his mom, when he was forced into an engagement with a woman he never chooses to love.
Mark, not his real, is the grandson of a very prominent business tycoon in South Korea. His mom was so rigid in upbringing him, thinking in mind that later in life he would be fit and worthy of the position reserved for him in the future.
Like most of the elite families, Mark's life threaded the path of the future tycoon. He lived a lavish life, and after graduation in middle school, he was sent to a prestigious university in the United States of America to finish a university degree. He has a tutor that hones him into a great man someday.
Rich, great, and comfortable life, but no family. Mark has been never happy, despite of all the worldly possessions in his disposal he felt lonely and abandoned. While he lingers in loneliness, his family was so busy in the home country, making more money, and constantly setting the standard that they need to maintain for their class and prestige.
Mark graduated his degree and must be ready to face the lavish world in his hometown. His mother above all the people was so proud of how he raises his son into a fine young man. However, no one knows Mark's heart. Who can say his values? His moral upbringing was never of familial norms. No one in the family can ever say what is the best for him.
Grandfather became so frail and old, the time is ripe to relinquish the throne to his grandson. This is the time Mark's mom has been waiting and longing for. Surprisingly, Mark declined the throne and the responsibility. But, why?
Worst comes to worst. Mark fell in love with the one of the young housemaid. He knew beforehand that he has to choose between her and the throne and that he will be forced to marry someone arranged for him, thus he refused the best that was prepared for him and settled for the one and only woman that can make him happy.
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein
Closing Thoughts
A very common story of most K-dramas I've watched. This I believe is how the rich prepare their sons being heirs of the family's business legacy. As I watch how their lives unfolds, it made me think if this is fair for anyone who wanted to own the life that we only have one opportunity to make it ours.
Most of them too, aren't allowed to marry the woman they love, they have to settle for the woman that the family chooses, someone that belongs to their class. In this case, how can someone be living a happy life with a LIFETIME PARTNER that you don't love? And for Mark, he knew that his parents only marry as dictated by their families, and as he reflected on the life they had, there has been no love shared between them as a family. Again, is this the best?
Sometimes, it's hard to say what is best for someone. Even parents can't tell what's the best for their child when they mature and become adults. No matter how you hone them into someone fitting for the future you aspire to them, still they would live the life that they choose.
Often times we always go for the practical reasons, whenever we weigh down things it all boils into living a comfortable life. Thus, a lot prefers "marriage for convenience," thinking that later they will eventually learn to love and accept everything. However, comfort does not always comes from wealth, especially for someone like Mark, happiness is in the warmth of someone that makes him happy, and the best life is in finding genuine love that accepts him despite of his flawed past and family.
What is the best for you always depends on you.
"The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." - Proverbs 16: 9
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Bakit nga kaya ganun sa mga Kdrama? Kaya napapaisip ako if ganun nga ba talaga sa kanila in real life. I mean oo may ganun nga talaga in real life. Nakakalungkot lang. Yung bang the rich are only for the rich.