Today is mothers day, and of course with any holiday I think of my family. I am the only one away from home right now, and so I am missing them loads. Today I am mostly grateful for them, and for the fact that I am in a family.
I have been texting a friend of mine in the navy, and we were talking about how we miss our families, especially on days like today. While, we were talking about this, I started thinking about how lucky I am to have a family. I not only have family, but I have a family that I miss!
While there have been struggles, especially through my parents divorce and after. We have made our way through them and slowly piece by piece have been fixing our family unit.We all realize how important our family is, so we fought to make it work.
I know that a family is one of the best gifts we are given on earth. The family we are born into, and the family we will create. It is our responsibility to do our best, to keep the family connected. I know I need to avoid contention, and have good communication with them. I know honesty is the best policy, and that is something I am slowly making progress in (not that I am dishonest, sometimes I just have a hard time confronting people).
I am so grateful to have seen other families, that are so connected, and work so hard to be a strong unit.It is so great to have good examples around me, so I can know how I want my future family to be.I hope that I will be able to be as good as so many of the families I see.
I love observing, and taking note what I love about other people and their characteristics, because that is how I progress. I see how good other people are and it makes me want to be good. I think we learn best from other people, it is easier to learn from others mistakes then make them ourselves. I think it is also easier to do good, and want good when we see the happiness people have when they do it.
Life is good, and full of challenges. These trials come so we can progress, so we might as well take what we can from them. Take advantage of this short time on earth that we are given, and make the most of who we are.
