Its all relative
PS1 : One more person has assured that he will write a guest post. So totally four out of the seven have replied telling they will do it or at least give a try.
PS2 : I am seeing that no one wants to read the 7 habits book. Well some habits die hard!!!
Last weekend I met a cousin of mine. This was one thing I had been postponing for a year now and after quite a bit of forcing from my parents and at the same time me realising that I really have not reason not to meet her, I decided to finally catch up with her and it was a lovely experience.
But then the this set me thinking about something. Do I really know my relatives. Having lived most of my life in a place little known to the people outside it, I have never been in close touch with any of my relatives. Of course I used to meet my grand-parents once a year when I was in school, but thats were it stopped. I do know I have quite a lot of cousins but since they are scattered all over the world, I have never really bothered to keep in touch with any of them.
But the same was not true with the previous generation. I can still see my parents keeping close contacts with all their relatives and cousins. But I think this is a problem with most of the people of our generation. This could be because in the older generations the family with all the relatives used to stay together or at least in the same town and there was quite a bit of bonding achieved. This surely is not the case with us.
But then I have not yet figured out why I have usually ignored my relatives. Today I get the feeling that keeping in touch with relatives and especially cousins of my generation is something I should do and it might develop into something fruitful.
PS2 : I am seeing that no one wants to read the 7 habits book. Well some habits die hard!!!
Last weekend I met a cousin of mine. This was one thing I had been postponing for a year now and after quite a bit of forcing from my parents and at the same time me realising that I really have not reason not to meet her, I decided to finally catch up with her and it was a lovely experience.
But then the this set me thinking about something. Do I really know my relatives. Having lived most of my life in a place little known to the people outside it, I have never been in close touch with any of my relatives. Of course I used to meet my grand-parents once a year when I was in school, but thats were it stopped. I do know I have quite a lot of cousins but since they are scattered all over the world, I have never really bothered to keep in touch with any of them.
But the same was not true with the previous generation. I can still see my parents keeping close contacts with all their relatives and cousins. But I think this is a problem with most of the people of our generation. This could be because in the older generations the family with all the relatives used to stay together or at least in the same town and there was quite a bit of bonding achieved. This surely is not the case with us.
But then I have not yet figured out why I have usually ignored my relatives. Today I get the feeling that keeping in touch with relatives and especially cousins of my generation is something I should do and it might develop into something fruitful.
posted by Sriniketh S at
1:14 AM
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