Changes

I know we all have our own busy lives to manage, but have you ever really thought about the lives of other people and what they're going through? I haven't in a while.. not all the time. Most of you know how important it is to pay attention to your needs. And I know that you've crossed a quote or more about how we should love ourselves before we love others. I don't think that's necessarily true. I mean to a certain extent it is, but when you're place in a different situation...then the meaning of it is reversed. I think that sometimes, we should love others before we love ourselves too. What I mean by love is that we should pay attention and show others that we care before we do that to ourselves.

A particular topic of it would be your family...for example. Whether you know it or not, your parents are the ones who are having a much harder time managing your family than you are to your own "personal" life. Besides what God has already given us, they are the ones who paid for everything that we own. They work for hours to put food in the table, make sure you have a roof over your head, have a good education, clean the house, etc. etc.. And some of us on the other hand.. we just take everything they worked for for granted. We are so busy trying to impress other people that we forget the love and care that our parents have given us. Isn't that right (to some of you)? You are in the computer most of the time, talking to people who don't notice you and forgetting those who do notice you, playing game consoles, trying to get a boy/girlfriend, buying yourselves some expensive clothes, complaining on how your life sucks because you seem to have "no life" or relationship and etc.. This should sound familiar to you.. 'cause I know it sounds familiar to me.

So what exactly is my point here? Well, instead of wasting your time on the computer and those said above, why not do something different. Do your parents a favor and go wash the dishes, do the laundry, clean the dusty places in your house, mow the lawn, clean your room, prepare the table, help prepare food for the table, help cook, clean the floor, take out the garbage, clean your parent's room, clean the washroom(s) etc. etc.. If you do these, I promise you that you WILL lift the burden that is on your parent's shoulders. They've been through enough to make sure you have the life that other kids have... but remember that you are not like other kids. You don't have to own cool gadgets and gizmos to be like one of them "popular kids" (huh, popular kids?? There's no such thing). You should know better than that. If not, then I'm telling you now.. sometimes we need some changes in our lives, like helping around the house and those said above, to show that we DO care. That we DO notice what other people and our parents are going through. That we appreciate all of the things they've done to us. Sometimes, it's never really all about us and our needs...

I hope you get the message I'm trying to convey.. that if we put some attention,love and care to other people, all of these things will also come back to you. Also, showing all of these to your parents will automatically let them know that you care. Thanks for actually reading this looong and "tedious" blog..and thanks for your time. :)