At the mention of the word "family", for many of us, it conjures up images of faces that range in ages from 8 to 80. We have the luxury of grand-parents, unties, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and of course our parents and husbands and wives. For those of us who are more eastern in our family orientation, we can also look forward to the privilege of "foreign family members" to help complete our most dynamic and colorful family portrait! I am among such a fortunate minority, and thank God for the rich blessing He has given me through this.
For most of us on this side of the world, or of Eastern Parts and influences of the world, this is not an unusual scenario. We know we have the assurance of Yearly Celebrations to bring the whole 'Family Bandwagon' together and enjoy life and love and everything besides. But i realize that for too many people in this life, this is a very unusual if not alien experience. For most people and sadly children and youth, the better part of their lives is one where they are left wanting for love, family and security, in the worst possible ways.It breaks my heart to think that parents can abandon their children without a second thought on some door step and leave them vulnerable to any evil that would come its way. It mortifies me to think that mothers can just kill their new born babies and dump them in garbage bags just because they didn't want them!The World's streets are littered with Murderers, Law Offenders, Drug addicts, Sociopaths and the likes. Desperate cases who purposefully do something, anything so they can get back into jail, rather than be on the streets, because jail is the closest thing they have to a home and family!And when you wonder where all this originates from, Sociology teaches us that, Family is your primary social unit, and how an individual learns to adapt to society is learned first in his or her family unit.So when human beings grow up without a "normal" aka "sane" family, it only means, that each man, woman and child is left to his or her "animal instinct" to survive!And so , survive is what they do.But not too long into surviving they realize dying is better and so take their own lives or choose lifestyles that will hasten its end.This is tragic.This is also the society and world we live in today. Sadly it only gets worse. The ultimate paradox of this world is that the more we know about how and why such atrocities happen, the more we will continue to see them happen.Where am I going with all of this? Family.Appreciate it. Embrace it. Love it.Even if your family is just you and one other member, or even if it's a heap of members, don't neglect it or take it for granted. Why ? Because too many in this world don't have one. We teach our children not to waste food because their are many dying without it. I think its time we also teach our children not to "waste their Families" because too many in this world are dying without one.
A Big High Five to Family! :)
For most of us on this side of the world, or of Eastern Parts and influences of the world, this is not an unusual scenario. We know we have the assurance of Yearly Celebrations to bring the whole 'Family Bandwagon' together and enjoy life and love and everything besides. But i realize that for too many people in this life, this is a very unusual if not alien experience. For most people and sadly children and youth, the better part of their lives is one where they are left wanting for love, family and security, in the worst possible ways.It breaks my heart to think that parents can abandon their children without a second thought on some door step and leave them vulnerable to any evil that would come its way. It mortifies me to think that mothers can just kill their new born babies and dump them in garbage bags just because they didn't want them!The World's streets are littered with Murderers, Law Offenders, Drug addicts, Sociopaths and the likes. Desperate cases who purposefully do something, anything so they can get back into jail, rather than be on the streets, because jail is the closest thing they have to a home and family!And when you wonder where all this originates from, Sociology teaches us that, Family is your primary social unit, and how an individual learns to adapt to society is learned first in his or her family unit.So when human beings grow up without a "normal" aka "sane" family, it only means, that each man, woman and child is left to his or her "animal instinct" to survive!And so , survive is what they do.But not too long into surviving they realize dying is better and so take their own lives or choose lifestyles that will hasten its end.This is tragic.This is also the society and world we live in today. Sadly it only gets worse. The ultimate paradox of this world is that the more we know about how and why such atrocities happen, the more we will continue to see them happen.Where am I going with all of this? Family.Appreciate it. Embrace it. Love it.Even if your family is just you and one other member, or even if it's a heap of members, don't neglect it or take it for granted. Why ? Because too many in this world don't have one. We teach our children not to waste food because their are many dying without it. I think its time we also teach our children not to "waste their Families" because too many in this world are dying without one.
A Big High Five to Family! :)
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