But what happens when all of a sudden, that person has to move away? Communication instantly becomes an issue no matter how advanced technology goes. Aside from that, even with the advancement and quality of technology, it doesn't replace that closeness. What eventually happens in so many instances is, the distance becomes a reason to walk away. Both parties move on and that deep friendship that was once there has become a mere memory stamped into the timeline of our life story. Over time, those memories fade and the names of each other may even find its way into the abyss. This unfortunately, is the reality of friendships.
There is however, one group of friends that will never be a season or temporary. These are the friendships of your family. The most important God-given gift to each of you that can never be replaced by any one friend or object. There is a love within a family that is unlike a love a friend will have to another. This love exists deep down into the heart and soul of each other. It is the glue that holds everything together. A love within a family can be so beautiful and precious. In its purest sense, a loving family is worth more then anything this world can ever try to compare to. Not the riches of the richest kings can be enough to even come close to the love a family can have for one another.
The loving family is unfortunately not a reality in many homes. Today, there are so many broken families, torn apart by divorces, deaths, separations and just hate. Children are forced to fight a battle that was not in their dreams. No child deserves to have to fight for love within his or her own family. No child deserves to be without a mother or father. There are unfortunate tragedies that have caused children to say goodbye to a loved one. These are prevalent everywhere in our society, as elsewhere. The true tragedy is when a family is torn apart because of a lack of love for one another.
Love does not just get up and walk away one day. It is not a project or craft that can be tweaked with a little bit of Elmers glue and some yarn. Love within the realms of family is created through birth, designed to be pure, wholly and joyous. Within the figments of our blood our love resides. It is unseen, but is fully known. Love is what holds a family together. A family can only stay together for so long when there is not true love present all throughout the home. To see a family broken and dying is just as bad as seeing the endless tragedies throughout the world.
The family you have today, whether it is one or many, is the greatest gift you have. If you lack those relationships, I urge you to pursue them and restore them to the best of your ability. Find a way to bring joy, love and peace back to the bond that was created at the moment of conception. The moment your mother laid her eyes on you and smiled, was a moment of true love. Whoever that person is in your family, whether it is a mother, father, brother, sister or distant relative, find a way to bring that moment of true love back into the equation. I understand that some relationships within the family are so strained that even the pursuit of love will go without fruition. But I insist that you do not give up loving them within your own heart. Think of them often, pray for them, and before you breathe your last breath on this earth, ensure that deep down in your heart, that you do purely and truly love them.
On that day when you are stricken with sickness, the first and the last to your side will always be the first to have ever loved you: Family
That is Truth
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