While there are those families that seemingly can’t get along with one another or are dysfunctional in some fundamental way or another – it has to be admitted that many a family really appreciates and loves one another, which makes for a far more satisfying life, for the knowing that our family members truly have our back.
One of the seminal things about great family units is that they are not “fair-weather friends” to us, but rather, accept us foibles and all, as we are, and thereby deal with us along the lines of unconditional love, which includes patience, empathy, and concern, which thereby helps us greatly to maintain our sensibility and to have thus the appropriate perspective when it comes to the trials and tribulations that life presents to all of us in one form or another.
The attributes of a great family structure include qualities such as trust, acceptance, friendship, and a general caring for one another. This means that when something goes wrong, or when there is an argument, we find that because we have trust between one family member to another, and an understanding that each of us is flawed and has our own weaknesses, that we don’t give up on one another, but rather we help and aid the other, in the sure knowledge that when we need their assistance, that they will be there for us. Indeed, forgiveness and an appreciation for the other, are necessary attributes for families to maintain their balance and to thereby be good to one another.
That said, the great fault that we have in societies, is the inability for so many of us, to treat one another, more along the lines that we are all an integral part of the family of God’s creation, and thereby because we are all one big family, created by the same immaculate hand, we need to be more patient, to be more tolerant, and to be more caring, one to another. That is to say, the best of the qualities that we demonstrate with our family members, should not ideally be exclusive just to our family but rather needs to be spread around with others that we congregate with, and by doing so, we will help make this world a better place for our good connection one to another.
We love our family because we know them, and we understand, though imperfect, that they are lovable, all the same. This is a sort of gracious characteristic we need to develop more in the society that we are an active member of, where we see the good in the other, and help to make things better, where we can, as opposed to not wanting to be involved in the troubles that we come across, or even worse, to contribute to those troubles, by our misbehavior. While it is good to be good to those that we know, care for, and love, it is to our everlasting credit when we do our level best to provide that same care and consideration to those that we interact with, so that we can be seen as good and faithful servants to that which actuated us, in the beginning.