People are people, in various degrees of dark and light shades. Is it our acceptability which is suspect then? To brand family as negative smacks of a perspective where the only colors available are black and white...no gray, which is also a realistic color of life?
When
friends fall out with friends, and when family supports us, what will all our
slogan be? “Thank God for family?”
Generalizations
are odious! Branding people is even worse. If we have such colored perceptions,
we need healing. Everyone is family to some and friend to some. When you grow
up within a family set up, the familiarity aspect can curtail personal space.
When
we turn away from generalizations only can we look at our belief system in a
different way and consequently, learn to look at those around us minus built up
prejudices. Once we are prejudiced, we build a wall around us and don’t often
notice that people don’t always remain the same. They also change, whether they
are family members or friends.
Surekha
Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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