Wanted: Goddess for Hire
Forget talent agents and Junior Miss Pageant shows. If you’re looking to cash in on your 5 year old daughters’ charm and good looks, there is a dire shortage of goddesses in Nepal. They are hiring.
Think of this quandary as needing Shirley in the Temple. The catch is that this 5-year-old little lady must be Buddhist and be willing to be worshiped. She will live in luxury to rival that of Avarice, and will be waited upon - no kidding - hand and foot. It would be like being a resident in a Hollywood Resort Spa except that people would tend to chant and bow a good deal more. And the really cool thing is that you can list Kathmandu as your mailing address. I don’t know if the job comes with cable or not.
Ah, but the promise of goddess-hood is short lived, with many of the goddesses following that familiar fated path of destruction that seems to be the bane of child stars everywhere. The position ends at when puberty kicks in. If you run a search reference on the names of former child TV stars, it reads like a Felon’s Who’s Who. Early fame and fortune do not prepare kids for the stark realities of growing up responsible in the 9 to 5 often-cruel world.
The growing shortage of female divinity in Nepal has happened because when the girls are finally forced to leave their life of ease and privilege, they often cannot do simple tasks like make their own mats in the morning, and they are often uneducated lacking the discipline to learn a field of study because who would dare tell the Little Divine Misses, “Time to study?” To further complicate the situation, the hormone soup starts raging and their clothes suddenly no longer fit. It’s like being the ruling Queen Bee for 6 or 7 years until the drones tire of your pomp and circumstance, and they decide to eat you.
Life Post-divinity must be a real bummer. You can scream, “But I was a goddess,” till you’re blue, but that threat still won’t stop that nice policeman from ticketing your illegally parked car, assuming you have come back to earth enough to have learned to drive. Meals still need to be prepared; getting an education would be helpful, but the frustration of learning to walk among mortals as a mere commoner would no doubt tip a 10 on the ‘ole Stress-O-Meter.
What’s a former goddess to do?
How do you raise responsible, godly kids in an irresponsible, ungodly world? Do you hide them away, make them media blind, and hope no one notices them until they can grow up and fend for themselves?
My lovely daughter can melt me with a look. Until she came bursting into my life, only her mom could do that. My wife is Malaysian, utterly beautiful and I am of handsome Irish stock - my wife’s opinion, and you never disagree with your wife! We have produced two of the most uncommonly beautiful children I have ever seen. When you blend two utterly dissimilar gene pools, something unique is bound to happen.
The “Do your kids model?” question comes up frequently. For months, I have told my daughter that she is gorgeous, and beautiful, and that I love her. She is secure in those things. Dad here went out of balance trying to reinforce the Father’s unconditional love and acceptance to her, so I have had to counterbalance those truths with, “Amber Jade, put your toys away. No happy plate, no desert;” all the responsibilities and realities of living a healthy, balanced life are hers to enjoy.
I don’t want a goddess for a daughter. I want a little girl who loves God and will walk with Him all of her life. I want her comfortable and confident enough to enjoy her God-given beauty, yet wise enough to know God made her the way she is for His Grand Plan for her life.
One day, light years from now, some undeserving Prince Charming will come and - yeech - the pain of the thought of him stealing her away! He can put her on a pedestal and adore at her feet all he wants. Dad’s Hint of the Day: He’d better! If I am willing to implement Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way (s)he should go, And when (s)he is old (s)he will not depart from it,” in her life, she will grow to become all that God intended; a godly girl, not an ungodly goddess.
Bryan Hupperts © 2001-2009
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