What is happening to Family these days? People just don't care anymore. Your family is suppose to be the ones that are there for you, through thick and thin. Squabbles shouldn't separate you where you don't even talk anymore. Brothers against brothers, sisters against sisters, best friends (lifelong friends) against friends. Doesn't anyone know the meaning of forgiveness anymore. I am sick at heart about the way people are with one another. It makes me cry in the dark of night to know that one of these days, someone close to me will die, never having resolved the issue they have with someone close to them. Without talking to the one person they should have been close enough to talk to about anything. Absence does NOT make the heart grow fonder. Holiday's are coming and this group can't get together with the other because someone isn't talking to someone. Families used to ALL get together regardless of the petty tiffs that arose through the year. Someone will spend the Holiday's alone because the other won't come if he or she is going to be there. How do you choose? Don't these people know that their issues with one another affect everyone concerned? Like a rock thrown into a pond, the rippling affect is far reaching. Children don't get to see relatives, sisters grow apart, brothers hate each other, friends stop seeing each other and most definitely, someone hurts through all of it. The ones that get along with everyone are the ones who suffers most and the ones that hold grudges are the ones that don't seem to suffer at all. I understand that sometimes things happen and maybe you are better off not associating with someone but that is not the overall rule. Have people now days just become so self centered and selfish that they no longer care about anyone? Even family and friends? Will it take a tragedy for the family to reconcile? I fear that is what it will take.
My wish this season is that people will start to forgive the petty crap that has separated them from their loved ones. Forgive and forget the stupid issues that really shouldn't matter. Everyone has their own way. Loving someone for real means loving even their faults. Not just the good stuff. Call your friends and family members. Be the bigger person. Make things right even if you are not (in your eyes) the one who is wrong. Everyone thinks they are the one that is right. That is what makes us individuals. Are you the bigger person?
