Where angels fear to tread...

I have been quiet for a while; so many things were happening, signs of a busy life? When one’s lifestyle is considered a success and ideal? My partner and I watched a film entitled, ‘The Joneses’. It is about a family who moved in a city suburb for the rich. The family is not real; they are created to sell a ‘lavish lifestyle’ literally from everything that they use – a range of top and expensive brands that they flaunt to create a model of a highly successful modern family. Judging from the disproportionate materialism and competitiveness that our world has become it is a ‘lifestyle’ that every family would probably like to afford. Don’t you think?

This is because our perception of ‘happiness’ has changed tremendously. It is pretty amazing how the power of these convincing adverts on how a ‘happy family would look like and behave’ can change our perspective of ‘true happiness’. One advert for example, showed how a mother is so pleased to know on the other end of the line from her son that he is going to get married. In reality would it be more endearing instead for the mother to hug him with joy if her son has managed to spell out the good news to her in person. In the olden days that is a memorable family meeting already with lots of foods, fun and love.  How many of us get out of our way and not depend on the modern gadgets to make up for togetherness for our family? Not a lot I expect, it is cool to offer very little of our time to our family now a days because we need to be somewhere else to afford them a lavish lifestyle. As parents or children we expect our family to understand us and sad enough it becomes an accepted norm in our society. Our generation will easily justify it now as ‘just one of those sacrifices’ that we have to make if we want to have an extraordinaire lifestyle. We feel justified to say ‘Honey, I am doing this for us’. We have lost the importance of ‘family togetherness’ and replace ‘real happiness’ to a false one.

In my opinion most of us are our own chosen victims because we allow the modern world to dominate us for a ‘big show’ that none of us can afford if not at the expense of our ‘dear families’. It would be nicer if we could say more often, ‘Honey, I love you and I am home!!!’

The title of my blog is inspired by one of my favourite idiomatic expressions, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Until next time... be well.