Saturday, November 28, 2015

What is the importance of your life to those you love?

On one level, this is a question no one can answer for you. An educator on an internet site has no idea of who you are nor the identities of the people that you love nor of the way they relate to you.


As you start to work on your own answer, using information relevant to your individual situation, a good starting point would be categorizing your relationships.


The first type of loving relationship most people have is to members of their families. Thus you might start by thinking of what makes you important to your parents and grandparents, perhaps as a repository of their dreams and aspirations, perhaps simply as a person they cherish and care for.


You may have siblings who find you important as a companion, mentor, person they can trust, or confidant. This will also be true of your friends. People with whom you have intimate relationships, whether of love or marriage, may find you important for sexual gratification, emotional closeness, companionship, or partnership in raising children or building a family.


If you have children, you will be important to them economically, as a protector and mentor when they are too young to care for themselves, and as a source of security and unconditional love. 

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