GARDEN OF EDEN

Back from the gym this morning, I decide to catch my breath with the Daily Times, India, and I see a feature story where a woman kills her 3 daughters, ages 5 years, 2 years and 9 months old; attempts suicide also. Reason? Her husband yapped her for not having sons?! Like seriously?! What words did he use to bring her so low, that murder/suicide was the answer? What kind of emotional (physical) abuse had she endured, to make her feel the world was better off without the three cute angels she brought into it?

Please don't get me wrong, this isn't a bash evil men, mad idiotic woman post (but she must've been a bit off, surely?). It rather is a "What is the world coming to?" post that I hope will somehow, in some little way, give cause for us to TRY to be better. Someone once told me that the actions we take are like little seeds in the ground. Fill the earth with negativity and so shall you reap, and vice versa.

I truly believe it hinges on us women folk. For much as I celebrate being a woman, inseparably tied in with that is being a MOM! What world do I want to leave for my much treasured son? From the cartoons on TV (Vampire Chicken?! whats that?!) to the games on the different platforms (Shoot, kill crush!) to everything?! What mentalities are we shaping? What attitudes are we promoting? What habits (which become cultures when practised en-masse) are we growing?

My mind is filled with heavy questions. Sad wondering, and anxiety over what the future holds for this hapless young' uns who like sponges absorb what we let out because that's what they do! LEARN! Doubly scary is this phenomena for the Unmarried Mom. Who watches to ensure that the treasure is imbibing the right things? Sometimes because you desperately need to rest (we are human afterall), the TV becomes The Nanny, The Reward, The Bribe... but what are they watching? Who patiently shows them by words and deeds, the right path to follow, before they decide to chart theirs. What games are on that console you got? What values do they learn from them?

Too many questions and too few answers... but I guess its one day at a time, deliberate effort to ensure that my seeds are positive. Perhaps if more women joined in, we can have Earth a little closer the Garden of Eden in our dreams.

We will try, wont we?

PRESERVE LIFE, BECAUSE IT'S GOLDEN!!!

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