108 Gems - Words of Wisdom - Family Bliss
" Put aside your emotions and fulfil your rightful duties and responsibilities."
A woman is afterall a woman. A man is afterall a man. Men and women have historically taken on similar responsibilities each. Men are the breadwinners, the husband, the father and the provider. Women are the ones who are on the receiving end, the wife, the mother and the recipient. But through the years, things have changed. Among couples that I know personally, the male is no longer the sole breadwinner. With the rising cost of living, the male can no longer be the single provider of food, lodging and essentials, the female shares a roughly equitable amount with the male on home expenses. This switch of role has in a sense caused some imbalance in the husband and wife relationship.
Traditionally, the female depends greatly on the male to live their lives. Now, women are independent. They earn their own keep. They buy their own branded bags, branded shoes and cars. In other words, women can survive on their own pretty well. So, what is the place of men in their lives? A lot of successful women forget that the most important thing in their lives is not the amount of money they earn, how high they climb or how big a team they lead. The most important thing in a woman's life is their family.
My belief is that a woman may be as successful as they can be but at the end of the day at their death beds, instead of business partners, clients, colleagues - it's their family members that would be mourning for them and missing them. Quoting this from someone (a cheerful and bright lady with a happy family life) - who cares if you drop dead in the office, they will just ask people to remove the body so that it won't block the way - of course that is a very exaggerated way of putting it accross. But there is some truth in it. After all, life is really about being happy and living in a fulfilling way.
Put aside the pride and successes in the office, take the responsbility as a wife, a mother and do it to your best effort. If that means that you need to serve your husband as a wife, take that position. If that means that you have to serve your children (cook, bathe and take care of them), take that position. Women are often more capable of doing more than what we think we are capable of doing now.
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A woman is afterall a woman. A man is afterall a man. Men and women have historically taken on similar responsibilities each. Men are the breadwinners, the husband, the father and the provider. Women are the ones who are on the receiving end, the wife, the mother and the recipient. But through the years, things have changed. Among couples that I know personally, the male is no longer the sole breadwinner. With the rising cost of living, the male can no longer be the single provider of food, lodging and essentials, the female shares a roughly equitable amount with the male on home expenses. This switch of role has in a sense caused some imbalance in the husband and wife relationship.
Traditionally, the female depends greatly on the male to live their lives. Now, women are independent. They earn their own keep. They buy their own branded bags, branded shoes and cars. In other words, women can survive on their own pretty well. So, what is the place of men in their lives? A lot of successful women forget that the most important thing in their lives is not the amount of money they earn, how high they climb or how big a team they lead. The most important thing in a woman's life is their family.
My belief is that a woman may be as successful as they can be but at the end of the day at their death beds, instead of business partners, clients, colleagues - it's their family members that would be mourning for them and missing them. Quoting this from someone (a cheerful and bright lady with a happy family life) - who cares if you drop dead in the office, they will just ask people to remove the body so that it won't block the way - of course that is a very exaggerated way of putting it accross. But there is some truth in it. After all, life is really about being happy and living in a fulfilling way.
Put aside the pride and successes in the office, take the responsbility as a wife, a mother and do it to your best effort. If that means that you need to serve your husband as a wife, take that position. If that means that you have to serve your children (cook, bathe and take care of them), take that position. Women are often more capable of doing more than what we think we are capable of doing now.
CC
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