As with any posting or writing, ones mind takes off on a tangent of everything from fairy tale to extreme reality, when considering what the topic of the subject post shall be!
Today, my mind settled on how important the message of getting to know one another as adults, after we have grown up from being children together!
Though we remain children, in a sense, I think you will agree the development of a child into an adult, happens at some time along the way, albeit this time frame varies for most of us!
I just took a sabbatical from writing this post, as it took a turn not in the flow of this topic! I did post an article on Ezinearticles.com from the topic I received as I started this post! HAH! proof of what I said in the beginning of this post, "Ones mind takes off on a tangent!"
Now, back to my intended post! As children we have experiences that we view through the eyes of a child, ourselves, as we retain these memories, we must remember to update the vision we maintain! As an adult we must apply our intellectual knowledge to that which we experienced and how it was affected by the age at which it happened!
Many a memory has been updated when discussed with family members over a campfire, or family reunion, as each expresses his or her view of the memory!
I have come to the conclusion that everything in life is relative to the surroundings of the moment! I see as I see, do to the,
"intellectual teabag" I find myself in at any given time, in the ensuing years, I may have to go back and reassess the memory, put it into perspective, if you will.
What fun to go through life with people who have known us in, or since childhood, to find that we are able to accept the changes that have taken place in each of us, as how it should be for us!
You do not want to be me, I do not want to be you, dah! I am who I am by my choices, likewise, you have become who you are, by your choices. I would not dare to dream of attempting to make you into whom I think you shoud be, just as I would not want you to attempt to make me over into a clone of your thinking!
Learning how to accept one another with our differences intact, is a quality of love that we all have the opportunity to employ!
The family who has grown up together and stayed closest in all aspects, will find it easier to allow for the differences of belief or actions, that arise between themselves and their siblings.
When we realize that we do not hold the absolute truth on anything in this world, shy of the amount of control we have given over to God, we realize that we are to consider in judgment, only those things for which we are responsible to change!
When we realize that every human being has a mission in this life, we can begin to accept them where they are on their journey, knowing that the end of their journey has not yet come to be, nor is it our job to get them on track, only to love them for who and where they are!
What fun to be a part of a family who recognizes the wisdom in accepting one another in the role they play in our lives, even if it is to cause us to grow in areas we have previously had no need in which to grow!
Be Family, Be Happy!
Cheryl G Burke
cherylgburke.com
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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