Are you proud of your family? Pt 2

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The policeman's daughter was tall with a slender body; she had a side-swept short hairstyle accompanied by a confident way of walking. The doctor’s daughter on the other hand was very different. She was of medium height and very thin. She had a broad forehead and underdeveloped body according to her age. She looked a lot like her father. But what we really want to know is how these two girls were brought up. 

The doctor’s wife was a woman in her early 50’s. She would wear a detached expression all the time and would dress up as expensively as possible. Rumour goes, she came from a rich and courteous family.

The policeman’s wife was the same age as the doctor’s wife. She would always dress sporty and used to be a Physical Education teacher at her daughter’s high school. She wasn't too difficult to understand. She was friendly and all smiles, exactly like her daughter. She was known as the town’s basketball player’s daughter. So what was the difference between the two families? Simple: In the policeman’s household everything was a mirror of the parents, while on the doctor’s family every action was a mirror of society’s expectations.

Are You Proud Of Your Family Pt 1

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Do you still remember my little story of the Policeman and Doctor? Well, I wanted to add something to that story that I left untold the other time. 

The policeman was loved and respected by everyone on the neighborhood as he was always polite and caring towards them. They felt safe when he was around because they trusted him. On the other hand they wouldn’t feel the same about the doctor. He would always walk proudly in front of his neighbors and never greet them. He would glance at them from afar coldly as if looking at his next patient. This might have been a normal behavior for him but to his neighbors he gave off a feeling of detachment and ambiguity.

One day after having witness the neighbors behavior the doctor’s daughter asked the policeman:-” Why do people fear my dad and respect you, Mister? Is it because my dad is too rigid?”

The man knowing that his daughter was there listening answered: -“ Maybe because I don’t know how to use a syringe!” 

The doctor’s daughter was not convinced by just that though.

After hugging the policeman daughter goodbye she went home. At that time the policeman daughter’s recalled what her dad once told her:” Having a profession means having the ability to do something very well not imposing fake authority on other people’s eyes.”

Family Time

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Today I would like to say before sharing a story of mine, which doesn’t directly involve me but still in a way it does, that I came from a happy family and so I tried to make my family feel: Happy. 

No let’s start our story: When I was young I knew two families which had a very good relationship with each other even though they didn't have much in common regarding their backgrounds and interests. They were neighbors. One of the family’s wives had a doctor for a husband and the other a policeman. What they had in common was that both families had each a daughter at the same age in the same class at school together with excellent grades, both of them. The girls were very close with one another and would always stay at each others houses and do their homework together. 

One day each of their fathers asked them what was so appealing or worse what exactly did they have in common to spend so much time together. The girls were surprised by that question and said that they didn't see it from that perspective but instead enjoyed their friendship together. One day while the policeman’s daughter was having dinner at their home he asked her:”why would your dad choose to become a policeman”? The girl didn't answer immediately and kept eating quietly. After staying over to finish her homework before leaving she finally answered:” Probably to do a good deed for the society”. 

Apparently both families were comfortable with their position and neither felt obliged to act or feel differently at the presence of each other. 

Loving Your Family

It is better to start explaining this beautiful word that many have forgotten about: Family.

It is such a pity that nowadays people have actually put the word family and its memories in the back of their minds. It is sad to see people live an apathetic life with no worries about what they leave behind. It is like they have a forgotten and don’t want to remember even! It is a shame though! Such things shouldn’t be taken for granted. It is part of our natural psychic to want to be part of something. A place where love is given unconditionally and advice and punishment exist to guide us through the ups and down of life and not to actually manipulate us as human beings. If these values are kept intact then our society will better themselves and there will be a day when people won’t be as obscene as they present themselves today. I hope I am not the only one that still hopes for one day to come where everyone will be conscious on how blessed they really are of having such a big supporter: the family.

Family As a Form Of Happiness

When you have the support of your family, it means you have a supporter. Family is a place you can laugh out loud, cry and express your abilities without getting judged. You have someone to call in case of difficulties and a shoulder to cry upon. You have a sibling to sleep next to and a parent who can give advice and look after you.

Who would ask for more than this? Why can’t all of us enjoy this warm environment? Why would we want to ruin this?

Nowadays you read everywhere that in the media that having and maintaining a healthy family is dangerous for your career as it requires a lot of time and care. Wanting to have a proper family it is considered “traditional”. What is important now days is money; if you have money you can have everything: even happiness.

When we meet each other we don’t care about asking how the family is doing but how job is doing. How career are is going, and if by any chance one of the people talking shows more interest in your family’s well being than your career’s he is called rude, unintelligent, and provincial.

Our society has come to a point where giving everything up for your career is a given and not a sacrifice; where your boss is your master and you are his slave that puts away any morals to please him.

Where did the value of family disappear to?

Once upon a time there was the ideal family... the place we come from and are proud to announce… the place, where we could express our worries and affection as freely as a bird…our orientation point and our source of light…our safest place to rest and prey… the place where we could be ourselves and not feel afraid of judgment…a place where we could comfort and help each other in harmony.

I actually have such a wonderful family and I will write to you in the future how amazing it is to have it and how blessed I feel.

That is why I want to ask you all: “Do you agree with me?”

If yes, follow me in this journey to discover where has the real meaning of family disappeared to?