• Iocus said on Jun 05, 2006....

  Well lairorgat, I'm not sure this will help or not, but I would like to tell you what family means to me. You see, at first I was like you. For me at that time, family was jsut a useless compartment attached to me with invicible strings. But after I was separated with on of them, because she passed away, that was when I realized what they are to me. I ignore them when I still had them. I took them for granted, thinking that this will never be changing, or it would be better if they are gone. My life was so full of them under my own consciousness, that when one of them went away, as if a part of me went missing. I recalled myself, about memories when she accidently took my coffee, went to the trip to the lake( she didn't realized in her sleep when she sneak into the trunk), and her constant senility about my name( she kept calling me in various names I swore she intended to do that). With her gone, I couldn't feel practically all that she did to me. As if she ceased to exist. And I don't want that, because if I questioned the memories I had, I'll questioned the life I was living. Moreso, things that ties us up was the word family itself, to know there was someone we could cuddle without restrictions, someone we could play and joked about without feelings hurt, someone we lived almost halves of our lives, as days passed by until we're old, or until their last breath. Sure we had friends, but they can come and go, where they are supposed to be aren't neccessarily where we are supposed to be. But home is where the heart is, and home is where our true family is. Yeah, a day with a President, a big ocasion, a day with Miss Universe, another big occasion. Where goes the pointless, little things? Its with the family. They watch us all through, from humiliation to pride. They keep it in our heart. People say, other's angry because they hate you, but family's angry because they love you. An open doors to your right and wrongs, when you are weak but to obstinate to admit it, there they are. Right now, I wanted to cherish every moment with them, every fight, every cheers, every jokes, every memories I am alive with all of them. Who knows, I might go next. They were a part of everyone's life, good or bad. Without a family, we wouldn't live a life at all. Might as well be a machine then. Doing things for others, is priceless. Having an intention to do so was already loving. What else would I don't want in a family, lairorgat? I had a life, and I want to share it; sure, I'm independent, but that deosn't mean I'm not willing to share.

• anonymous said on Jun 05, 2006....

  I believe most of people would like to live with their family, may not necessarily physically, but at least mentally. It is your family who can share the emotion with you, happiness, sadness. And It is only the family who can help you when you really need help. Of course sometimes friends can help you too. Living with your family or not is your choice as long as you take the responsibilty that you are supposed to. If you don't want to do that, don't get married, neither having kids, that is totally your personal choice, what bother you then?

• AnonymousVoice said on Jun 06, 2006....

  You must keep in mind that not everybody seeks to be in any sort of contact with anyone else. There ARE people out there who are truly hermits. As for the majority of people, society plays a defining factor in our lives. We are born into a society, into a family, it would be abnormal to go against it, which is probably one of the many reasons people don't isolate themselves. Also, it would be extremely hard if people wanted to be by themselves all the time. I'm not sure the entire surface of the earth garauntees a wide enough space so that every individual may feel like they are the only ones. Also, if you were all alone, would you have a sense of purpose? What the, would you be living for?

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