Fraught and Broken

Isn't it sad how often the people we should love the most are the ones hardest to love?

Sometimes this is due to the secular proverb, "Familiarity breeds contempt," but not always.

Sometimes families have real issues that they need to work out, othertimes there is a miscommunication. Still other times there are irreconcilable differences between children and parents. In such instances there may be blame on both sides. But, in my experience, one side is usually much more right, and the other nearly completely wrong. It is amazing how the idea of situational ethics and morality so quickly falls apart in the cruicble of existence.

This is where virtues cease to be platitudes and become active agents. It takes humility to admitt you're wrong. It takes patience to hold your tonge. It takes circumspection to see both sides. It takes bravery to confront hard issues. It takes fortitude to not give up. It takes wisdom to sometimes just let things be. It takes grace to accept an apology. It takes love to forgive.

Until Next time
Fai Mao