Saturday, January 26, 2013

Do You Understand Me?

We as human beings always yearn for being acknowledged, appreciated, encouraged and above all look for somebody who can understand us since our childhood.

This is the reason a baby keeps himself/herself engaged with his/her parents especially mother to energize and satisfy this innate urge. Later on, as we progress in age this urge escalates. Irrespective of gender this desire keeps on touching our mind and heart all the time that this world lacks with those who finally perceive us the way we are.

Children, being the most susceptible creatures always look forward towards their parents for being understood and consequently need to communicate their emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual desires consistently. Leading them to engage friends who are usually their peers, cousins, or sometimes even elders in their family whom they could depend upon to share their feelings.

Experience and research suggests that this yearning reaches its pinnacle in the mid life when both men and woman look for partners who are similar in mindsets, professions, beliefs and values. Inner happiness and contentment rely on this partnership and keep us moving in life with energy and motivational force.

Students in their teen age, adolescence, and twenties always keep changing friendships just to satisfy their need of truthful and trustworthy friendships in order to share their feelings, this desire has been put up essentially through our social media, cell phone usage and internet and practically solving the issue. However, the consequences are disastrous or fatal usually.

We as parents of digital age have to make provisions in our homes to keep the communication channel always open for our kids, we need to become their friends once they are reaching teens or adolescent age in order to provide them satisfactory answers to their problems and issues arising in their innocent minds from time to time.

 Instead of creating barriers for them which sometimes lead to psychological disorders we must remain in touch with their surrounding environment and provide them equal opportunities to share and express. However, a controlled guidance is necessary always by keeping a close eye on them and communicating that how much concerned we are as parents and as their close friends.

Parents fighting loudly in front of kids, shows them how marriage leads to disaster finally and when they reach at their marital time will definitely avoid it and prefer to remain single. Actually, in life we all need to make certain types of commitment with each other to bear difference of opinions, view points and accept our mistakes with open heart. Involve children in domestic decision making to build their self confidence. Control our feelings where its necessary and express where its vital.

Certainly, these are normal social issues and irrespective of age, gender, caste and any ethnic differences we are all in same boat as far as our social issues are concerned.

Why not keep communicating our thoughts with good intentions of motivating those who need our support, kindness, courage and integrity to move on in life successfully.

2 comments:

  1. You are absolutely right in your approach. We all need to be nourished intellectually, emotionally, spiritually or in every manner, no matter how old we are. Lucky are the people who can have it all within there close family and friends circle.

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  2. Thanks for your encouraging comment, obviously we all have certain weaknesses in our personalities but with period of time they can be overcome provided we remain committed.

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