Things My Children Should Know.

Now and then something happens and I come up with another addition to my mental list of things I should probably pass on to my children. No, I don’t have children just yet, but when I do there are things that my mom never told me, things that I learn and have learned from my experiences that I should pass on to my babies.

Yesterday was one of those days. I was given a choice, or rather an ultimatum, to choose between the career I love and my family. I literally broke down in tears. I shouldn’t have hesitated a moment to make a decision but I hesitated  because I knew that there could be solutions and options, and that no one has to give up things they love and have devoted their lives and dreams to! Turns out, I do have options but there are people who just devote their lives to test you and break you down and kick you where it hurts most even if it eventually is a sick waste of time. And believe me, it was a pathetic waste of time. Its cruel, how people play God. But truth is, even God doesn’t give you ultimatums to decide between your family and some other materialistic thing.

‘But my children. If you are ever given a choice to choose between your family and some other worldly thing that you also love, choose your family. Because the day you die, your career or that other thing that you love will not cry for you and pray for you and love you the and bid you farewell at your funeral. It will not love you unconditionally,  when you are crippled and unable to be powerful and influential. Your family will stand up for you and love you no matter what you’ve done. do or will do and their love for you is eternally unconditional. Your family is what accepted you not for how good you look, your status, your bank balance, your A level grade or how well you play a sport but because God gave you to them and because they love you. ‘

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