Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Children Are A Choice

I can be so naive. There really are several different worlds going on around me all the time. I had no idea that some people honestly believe they have a good life living on welfare, or that others really think that kicking in doors and hitting people with their fists is a viable alternative to reason. It amazes me how much prejudice is acceptable at a barely concealed level.

I am always surprised when parents don't go all out to rear their own child to be as well rounded as possible and don't seem to care that they could provide so many more opportunities for that child to succeed. Why have a child if you really don't want to spend time with it? Most of us no longer harbor ideas of having children to work the farm, or help out in the family business making antiques, or even join in the jovial family sting operations. So, what are they here for? Do people even think about these things?

Children are a choice now. They should come into the world loved and revered. Anything less is simply wrong. Not only is it wrong, it creates a chink in the chalice where the light can leak out and be replaced by something darker. Worse than withholding love and light from the world, is creating a vessel for their opposites.

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