Last night on the news I saw a story about the tent cities springing up around the country as more and more people lose their jobs and homes. We talked about it at work today and one of the women I work with said she didn't understand why the families of these people did not take them in.
I think that is a good point. I have two brothers and a sister, and even though we live in four different states and don't see each other as often as we should, if one of us gets in trouble we know the others will be there.
Maybe one of the sad things to come out of this economic crisis is to see that sadly the American family is truly dissolving. In the beginning, family loyalty was the priority, then loyalty to the clan, the tribe and evidently the complex society of the nation. The basis of everything was the strong family base and unfortunately that is fading away.
While we all struggle through these economic hardships, we all need to take the time to consider how we can strengthen our family ties and be there for each other. We should be able to depend on our families, not the government.
I know families are not as big as they used to be. My daughter is an only child, so she is one of many who needs to build strong and lasting relationships with her cousins and friends who are in similar situations.
The important thing is that we all support and strengthen our families. Our support and strength needs to be from the basic support unit - family.
If we can renew the family, if we start working from the core and then push out, then we will be able to overcome the hardships facing us, and return to our place of leadership in the world.
Its Common Sense!
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