Say "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?"

What it is, children of the divine; loved ones; home skillets?

Today is Tuesday, August 10, 2010. What is the significance of this day? What makes it so special? Why should you care?

Well first off, you are here to see it. That's enough. I have no major issues or announcements. Only that it's awesome to be here; alive and well. Yesterday, however, did have some significance; to me anyway.

Monday, August 9, 2010 was my parents' 47th Wedding Anniversary. Long time, right? Absolutely! Every now and then, I think about my generation of adults and the generations to come and think, "How many of us can say we'll see that many years in a marriage?" Not many I suppose. I have had discussions and debates as to why people just don't stay married and I have to say that I'm truly sick of this topic. lol. People are going to do what they want to do. A writer named Sam Butler (1835-1902) once wrote,

"Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country."

This proclamation that we are moral in accordance to the definition of the morality standards of the society which we are subscribe to is rather accurate and the statistical data on the trends among certain societies will back up this theory. Now, this isn't to say that there are individuals who go against the grain of their societal standards but overall, humans follow trends as well as tradition.

But it also goes deeper to what we, individually, are exposed to as we are developing into the adults we will be until we leave this space on earth.  A child that grows up in a vegetarian household will not simply become and adult and say, "I WANT MEAT!" Maybe that has happened before but it's not likely. The lifestyle and personal standards have been carved into their systematic way of life. We all have a certain systematic way of life. Even those whose lives appear chaotic to others has, what can be viewed as, controlled chaos.
People look to their examples for guidance as to how to make things work. A business man will look towards his business mentor for guidance then find what works for him within that guidance and proceed to tailor it to suit his very personal style while still possessing a standard that doesn't stray far from the overall standards of his business society. Same with marriage. If a young man doesn't have an example for a dependable and dedicated father and husband figure in his household, he has nothing to compare. He fights to understand how to be a good husband without really knowing what one looks like. Same with women. We want to find Mr. Right and we want longevity, dedication, intimacy, and love.  We want other stuff too but if you grow up with a mother and father who have always been together, that's your example.

Not every marriage is perfect in fact, a perfect one may not or never exist but when you choose to be dedicated and devoted to your spouse, you put selfishness aside and work through the hard times. Aside from physical and mental abuse, infidelity and just losing love, many marriage, if you were to sit and talk with the couples, end over simple selfishness. Things don't suit them anymore. They cannot have things how they want them and they find it harder to really consider the other person. There are so many single married people out there. Maybe we are the ADD/ADHD MARRIAGE generation. Who knows? All I know is that unless I get married next week and live to be, at least, 83 years old, I MAY be able to say what my parents can say today. But between you, me and the computer keyboard...I don't see me getting married tomorrow unless there are some volunteers. 

You? You?  oh, You? I thought I saw a hand. lol...nah!

later loved ones.
Stay TRU