Merry Christmas Everybody
I would like to begin this entry by greeting everybody a Merry Christmas.
Ironically, most of my Christmas spirit is not rooted on the true and sole source of the said celebration - the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind - the family celebrated a hefty Christmas dinner, opened their presents promptly by midnight of the 25th. I sense that Christmas, as I've mentioned oh-so-often, has fallen into becoming a mere sense of responsibility to fulfill and probably sustain the annual rituals performed by families - like a seemingly imperative superstition that has to be kept even without the internal passion that ought to be burning within one's person. Like a kid who pretends to believe in Santa Clause in order to please his parents' misconception that their child is yet too dumb or young to recognize that the holiday mascot is a complete farce.
I just feel this song is kind of appropriate..
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Today, my paternal family side went to the mall for a family picture. It's been a real while since our last complete family photograph. They say that the affinities and relationships between the people of a family would reflect in the photograph even without being completely conscious of it extending into the said picture. The way people are "out of place", their distance from the immediate people, the way people try to "group hug" or how they seem pushed out - all contributes to the overall image and dynamics of the subjects' relationship with regards to each other.
I am, as everybody is, living in a typical family where rivalry and unspoken divisions affects one's day-to-day life. I was observing our family picture and later on, how the family was divided into their respective seating positions in the restaurant.. that's when I fully realized how these internal feelings are unconciously making it's presence felt in a glaringly observable manner.
Try observing your family. your friends. Just observe.. and believe me, you'd be surprised how much more you'd learn.
posted by Katrina @ 21:40
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In earlier years there was competition between my siblings and I, but now that we are growing older I find that it is slowly going away and we just enjoy the time we get to spend together............
to jenn and tanis
families are comprised of people, armed with their own sets of bias, prejudices, preferences and beliefs - despite growing "together", this collection is unique and distinct to only one individual thus causes all this family turmoil.
i've heard of siblings trying to close down each other's businesses just because of some misunderstanding on family inheritance.
actually, i don't believe there is such a thing as "staying away" because by "staying away" one is being influenced or influencing the way things are going. being part of all that politics though is one way that one is being built up as an individual, a slighty sugar coated preview of what's going on in the nasty streets of reality.
it gets to my nerves a lot of times, but it's my family, and i don't have anything else to do but love them - despite having different stands in life, we still have the same blood flowing in our veins :D
thanks for your sharings :D
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