Tuesday, January 20, 2015
A Principle to Keep
A principle that I believe should be kept is to put the needs of those that you love the most before your own. You can "love" your dog, a clothing store, that new phone you got for your birthday, and the list goes on and on. That's not the type of love I'm talking about. I'm talking about that sense of everlasting love that you feel, for instance, let's say your mother. The majority of people can say that they love their mom, the woman who gave birth to them (and in many cases) raised them to be the person that they are today. This is the type of love that allows one to do a crazy things that they wouldn't be able to do on a daily basis. This type of love is displayed in "The Road". The Man truly loves his son. He stated earlier in the book that his son was his driving force for living and he'd do anything to protect him. I can think of a few people that I truly love and I would go to the ends of the earth just to make sure that they were safe and happy. It may sound cheesy or cliché, but I just personally believe that it's a principle that we should all live by.
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What if your mom had done something to you in the past? Would that change the principle? Or would it still be your 'duty' to put her needs above your own? I think that while yes, there is validity in helping others before yourself, that blood isn't the only way for that to be true. I know there are some people outside of my family I would go to the ends of the earth for.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do think it's important to keep your loved ones safe and protected, I still think that you should put yourself first. As selfish as that sounds, if you get hurt for the sake of others, I think that's just a mistake and that you should be more careful. Also, I do agree with what Lauren said above, that it doesn't have to be just blood for you to feel that everlasting bond with someone that you would protect them.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should love your family and make sure their needs are met, but I feel that that is a really hard thing to do. In order to help someone else you need to be in a spot in your life when you are physically, emotionally, and mentally prepared. You should love yourself first. When you love yourself, then you are able to love somebody else. If you jump past loving yourself and right into loving somebody else, odds are is that that love isn't going to be all that genuine. I respect and understand where you're coming from, but loving yourself is first and foremost.
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