You Can Choose Your Friends But Not Your Families

I was in my cousin's wedding, and his best man quoted, "You can choose your friends but you cannot choose your relatives."  Everyone broke out laughing.  It is very true, you can choose your friends but you are stuck with your family forever.  Whether they are good or not, you don't have a choice and needs to live with it.  Whatever... hahaha

Thinking about this seriously, it all the more boils down learning to accept people they way they are and continue to show kindness in order to maintain the peace, harmony and balance within the family.  I guess, I am stuck with my family hahaha... no choice but to accept them and thank God for them, no matter what... hahaha.  So, let's move on and stop complaining about our families.  hehehe

The same way how Jesus has shown grace and kindness to each one of us, should be the way how we should do it especially to our own family.  It is easier to accept people who are not members of our family because we are different with them.  But with family, we are each other's images, which means we have difficulty accepting each other because they are very much like us.  hehehe... Notice siblings non-stop bickering, you would notice they have the same behavior.  The same is true with parents complaining about their children and vice versa.  They are carbon copies, which is difficult to live with.

Such realization should enable us to accept and adjust with each other especially through the love of God in us.

Buti na lang meron tayong Jesus to mediate for us and transform us towards righteousness.