Grand Family Is Strong Family

From the beginning of time family has been a vital part of the equation of life. Gen 1:28: "God blessed them and God said unto them be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." From the very core of the beginning of time, family has been a major focal point. If not for family, we would have no beginning, no history, and no idea of who we are. You don't get to choose from where you come, God does that. Your family was your family, even before you became family. Your family is your roots. We need to realize that every single moment of our lives is important. Keep in mind; before there was a you, you had a family. Knowing and understanding your origin, gives you powerful knowledge. Your first role models are your parents depending on your circumstance. Never the less, to have a clear knowledge of your roots and the ability to go back and capture all the good things, gives you an edge, that's unparalleled. From your ancestors to your parents there is a wealth of history that helps to shape your future and give you a power you didn't know you had before.

To expand upon the above, throughout our lives, most of us find ourselves living in two types of families -- our family of orientation and our family of procreation. Our family of orientation is the family in which we were born into. We had no choice as to who our parents would be nor the genes we would inherit. In addition, we had no say in our early intellectual stimulation or in how our emotional or survival needs would be met. Our family of orientation, nevertheless, is the institution that hopefully gave us the sense of stability and protection that we all need. We had to rely on our family of orientation to provide the nourishment, shelter, and assistance in learning how to walk, talk, and eat. In the context of early stimulation, we also relied on the family of orientation to learn the basics of our language. In America, it's our basic alphabets, our basic numbers, how to formulate simple sentences, and how to build on our vocabulary throughout childhood and the rest of our lives. At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another -- generosity and love. But, it is all too often where we learn nasty things such as hate, rage and shame.

Having such a large family, gives us a lot to draw from. When we utilize these links we increase our chances of self fulfillment and success. This is empowerment working its process. When we understand the importance of our roots, our beginning (family), we make better decisions, develop more concrete goals and have larger aspirations. We need to take advantage of every aspect of our lives. From understanding our weaknesses to fine tuning our strengths, our family and our past, play a major role. We have family from the beginning to the end and the value that family gives you cannot be measured. When we get knocked down, who are the ones that are always there to help us back up? When we accomplish an amazing feat, who are the ones that we go to first to make them proud? And at the end of the day, who's home do we retreat to for shelter? I mean, there's always the option to run away. It's actually quite simple; You grab a rope, open the window, and do all these things, but that's a different lesson (Again, sarcasm). Along with protection, families play a huge social role in our lives. They provide guidance and opinions to help lead us onto a better lifestyle. They are what we vent our feelings to and ask for assistance. No one knows us better than our family. 

I've seen families that went the opposite direction and nobody got their personal needs met because everyone had to constantly sacrifice for the greater good of the family. Your career is decided at birth as well as whom you will marry because you must uphold the family name or the family traditions. Those people come to hate what family represents and want to bust out of the prison of it all. Once again, the answer lies in the parents needing to find a balance between the family and the individuals.

They come to understand that they're important, but not more important then me and I'm not less important then they are. The two-year-old's needs are just as important as the teenagers' needs. Everyone makes sacrifices at times, but nobody is forced to sacrifice all of the time. The kids understand that no one person is more important then any other. They also understand that the family as a whole is just as important as each individual member within it. We have an amazingly strong family bond as well as each of us having very strong sense of personal worth. I feel that this may be the most important thing I do, balancing the needs of everyone including the family as a whole.


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