Monday, June 05, 2006
Of Family...
How many of you out there grouse about how unfeeling your parents are? Or how they fail to understand you and even fail to empathise with your pangs? Recently, actually yesterday, I met up with some sisters from church and this subject was broached.
I realise that everyone (here referring to teenager/ child)has his/her own needs and idealistic thoughts of how a family should behave. Some have it, but most just idealise about it. And sometimes, it just ain't realistic. Every family, by virtue of it being made up of different unique individuals, have their own special characteristics. Some are distant yet supportive, and some are close knit yet protective. Everyone and everything are just different, different, different!
But wait a minute... so far, we have agreed that each of us have our own needs (pertaining to the family realm) and also idealise what a family should and shouldn't be (maybe it's Hollywood, but that's a different argument here). What we fail to do other than setting a benchmark for our families, is to actually see the 'haves and the have nots'. What do I mean? Basically, most of the times, we are so caught up with our needs and wants (call it self-centredness if you will) that we discount and forget what we already have.
Meaning, have we ever stopped for a moment to see that we are already so blessed? I agree that not everyone does it, but can we at least be conscious of the fact that we don't try, and that we should at least consider what we already have in our lives especially in the family?
Take it easy, Keep it real...
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