It is so necessary to take time out for
ourselves and especially when we have earned the right to have it. We cannot go on all the time in top gear,
while we overtake those who give up far too easily.
They are looking for an excuse to not to
have to work hard and to allow others to carry them. They are the takers, who want nothing better
than to have all their wants and desires on a plate!
Meanwhile, there are those who are driven
by work, the so-called workaholics. It
is those people that we feel sorry for, because their motivation to a total
takeover of the narrowed-minded determination to succeed at all costs.
How can their family live with a person,
whose complete motivation is outside of the family good? Sure, they are providers in as much as money
and absence from the scene is their take on life, but the rest must learn to do
without the other comforts.
There has to be a balance and it is vital
in all families that there is love, sharing and understanding, especially where
young children are involved.
Where children are deprived of love, they
so often grow up to be unable to give love to others. All the material comforts in life are no
substitute for the genuine unconditional love that is given by loving parents
and siblings to each other.
There are many who fail to understand
this. They think that because children
appear to have everything that they need they are loved and cherished, but so
often this is not so.
Many a poorer family are the richer,
because they have love and time for each other.
It is here in these environments that character is formed and the
understanding of the body language of others.
Those who live in silence and are not able
to bond with each other, because they have never learned how to see and
understand what it is that other people around them are searching for.
Many people live out their entire lives
never understanding the reality of unconditional love that one soul gives to
another. It is not a question of what
they can do for me, but what I can do for you and want nothing in return.
In the words of John F. Kennedy, “Ask not
what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” This is one of the basic building blocks of a
balance attitude to life and it applies at all levels.
It applies in the daily workplace and in
the family home. It applies to the
workaholics, who may be sacrificing their families for their desire to prosper
in the workplace.
It certainly applies to those who do not
care to go out and do their work, but expect everything to come to them on a
plate. Everything must be kept in
balance and all the balls should be kept in the air, not just the ones that you
favour.
We all need to understand our take on life
and to examine what we truly believe in.
How can you hope to prosper if you fail to believe in the Higher
Intelligence to guide you as you set out your stall of what you hope to get out
of life?
We all need patience and proof, but that
proof, when given, mustn’t be ignored and to recognise it and to give thanks is
the politeness and honour that we would expect if the boot was on the other
foot!
Ask sincerely and allow time for the answer
to be shown to you and realise that it may not be the answer that you wanted,
but it will be what is best for you!
Jenny and Michael Ayers
Friday, 6th October 2017
