Caring is always laudable, but never more so than when it is the kind of caring that actually makes a difference.
Lots of people pretend to care. Want to care. Maybe even do care in their own distorted way, but so often that caring manifests in ways that simply make the person who is caring feel better for a moment. A fleeting unmemorable time forgotten before it is over by the recipient.
People do the surface thing, the spur of the moment thing, that easy thing that makes their hearts feel all a glow, but does not really help or improve the life of the receiver.
Buy the kid lots of sugar, or high fat processed fast food, or teach the child how to love eating in a healthy satisfying way?
Take him to a movie or read to him every night before he goes to bed?
Buy her lots of trendy clothes or give her lots of enriching experiences that will expand her ability to appreciate life.
It doesn't have to be an either/or, situation, but it is so often one sided. Kids, of course, love people who give them what they want, but who loves them enough to teach them what they need to live long, happy, productive lives?
Years of joy verses moments.
It requires thinking, modeling, doing, and lots and lots of time.
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