A happy family is but an earlier heaven…. George Bernard Shaw
There is some kind of a magnetic force that holds the members of a family together. In other words, it is a feeling of closeness and belongingness in the mind of every person and the feeling of acceptance on the
part of the whole group that gives it the nomenclature of a family. This feeling of acceptance is always based on the feeling of mutual love, loyalty and trust and also understanding and accommodation.
Today we see that the families are splitting up because certain values like mutual affection, love & genuine caring that make a family work are vanishing because everyone wants to live an independent life without any kind of family interference. However if the younger ones continue to give regard to the elders and the elders continue to give love to the younger ones , then the family life would continue to be undisturbed and everyone will act in a responsible manner.
But, if each one gives up their responsibility and the feeling of concern for others, then cracks would appear and get deeper. Hence in order to preserve the family structure & tradition, one needs to have tolerance, sobriety & humility because family is very essential to civilised life, be it a spiritual family or the society as a family or of nations. Hence we should consider family as a place where we can work for physical, mental, moral and spiritual growth and can create an environment where others also can grow. A family can change a person into a great leader, disciplinarian, soldier, criminal or scholar by encouraging or discouraging, supporting or condemning certain positive or negative traits in him.
We must, therefore, pay attention in transformation of families because families are the breeding grounds of good or bad human beings. So, let us awaken people to observe the family values such as mutual love, trust, acceptance, accommodation,
consideration and care for the well being of others, spirit of adjustment, tolerance, responsibility and cooperation, because if these family values flourish, the nation and the whole humankind will flourish too.
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