torn?

I happened to ask my mother this evening, if she likes me doing certain stuffs. It turned out that most things I do, is not what she really wants me to. She doesn't like me to run, for the fear of aggravating my right ankle which was sprained some while back. She doesn't like me to play soccer, for the apparent same reason. She doesn't like me to indulge in sewing (as a matter of fact, I like embroidery and I did this embroidery of Manchester United logo in Primary 4, something which I am always very proud of haha). For that, she's concerned that my eyesight would be affected after prolonged hours of doing embroidery work.

So I asked her, what else does she like me to do then. She had to ponder for a moment before saying that she likes my practice of recording my daily expenses and for being thrifty. Besides, she likes me being religious and all.

So I asked my father, the same few questions as in the first paragraph. Guess what he said. "I like you doing anything, as long as it is within control and not too extreme." Obviously, I was contented with his answer.

I was rather surprised at this difference in views of both my parents, but I could understand the roots of this difference. As a mother who bore through the intense pain during labour to give birth to her children, she could almost literally 'feel' what her children feels. Likewise, should anything bad were to happen to us, mothers are usually the ones who are the most affected. In my case, I should say my physical body is not in the best of state, with my right ankle hardly recovering after a period of 8 months. My mother feels that pain, and she sympathises me. She was skeptical even when I reassured her that going for runs does not affect my ankle very much because running doesn't involve outer movement of the ankle, which is usually the reason why there is this clicking sound in my ankle from time to time. As much as I was a little disappointed at her mild pessimism, I could positively embrace the reason why she thinks that way. I guess my father merely wants me to be happy in whatever I do, hence his response to my question.

Should I feel torn over this difference in their views? I guess I should practise discernment so that I would not do things where I would end up causing unnecessary worry to my parents.






p.s. Besides this point, if you know of any websites of downloading any computer programmes where you can digitalise pictures/designs/logos into embroidery formats, please let me know. Thanks!