Friday, August 6, 2010

Half and Half


Never be afraid to tread the path alone know which is your path and follow  it wherever it may lead  you,  do not feel  you have to follow  in someone  else's  footsteps


As  children  one  of this  first  things  our  parents  teach  us  is  that  we  have  to  share,  to share  our  toys,  to share  our  sweets,  to  share  the  love  of our mothers,  fathers,  brothers  and  sisters...........  we  are taught  to share  no  matter  how  hard  it  is.......  we  are  taught to share..........  because  well mannered  children,  always  share  without  tears,  without  tantrums, without getting  a hiding..........  we  are  taught  to share.......

At  what  point in our  lives  do  we  forget  this  lesson and  want to keep things  for  ourselves.......  at  what point does  it become  impossible  to  share, at  what  point  do  we  become  capitalists  wanting  more..... more.... more.... it becomes  almost  impossible  to give  something  to someone  else even  though not  only by law it is their  right, but  by the rules  of fair play  it  is  what  they  deserve ..................

How  do  you even  begin  to share  30 years  of your  life spent  with  one  person,  30 years  of memorabilia,  30 years  of  photos, 30 years  of  memories...........  does  he  keep  the  good  memories  and  you keep the  bad  ones,  or  visa  versa.......  or  do you  halve  the memories  he keeps the  first 15  years and  you the  last  15 years ,  or maybe  you  share  them  by  alternate  years,  so  you  each  get  some of the  good  and  some of the  bad memories ........  or should  one  keep  the  Christmas  memories and the other  the  Easter memories.........  how do you share a life  time...........

According  to  law  everything  should  be  halved  but this  is  easier  said  than  done........ the  concept  is  easy  the  assets  are  worth  "X"  and  half  of  "X'  is   .............  but  each  wants  to  hold  on to  whatever  they  can..........  now  as  adults  we  become  worse  than  children...............  and  the  lessons  so  painstakingly  taught  by  our  parents  are  forgotten  as   we  become  "mercenaries"  out to  get  everything  that  we  can.......

Somehow,  we  have  to  dig  deep  to  go  deep inside  and  find  those  children........  to  find  the  lessons taught  long  ago  that  well mannered  children.....  always  share...............

1 comment:

  1. This a tough post because I haven't been where you are and would not even begin to try and say something smart, or witty, or know-it-all. I can feel the pain though and I will keep you in my prayers and hopefully all will go as you need it to. You can have both of my shoulders to lean on! Hang in there friend.

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