Beliefs are a personal choice in life. An observation about life that a person uses as a guide in order to create harmony in his own life. I have chosen to discuss my belief about family relationships instead and how my father and family play an important role in shaping that belief.
My environment, the people I interact with on a daily basis, our friends, and most importantly, my family, are all factors that influence the way my beliefs are shaped. By observing the way other people conduct their lives, I developed my own philosophy or belief in life. Basically, these people helped shape me into the person I have become.
The most important person who influenced my life was my father. He was not physically present during my formative years who lived overseas and yet manage to let us feel his love and importance in his life. He showed us that as long as we have a family, we do need not face a problem alone.
I was kicked out of school as a teenager. Upon finding out the news, he did not judge me or get mad. Instead, he asked me to forgive his shortcomings as a parent. I felt terrible when he did that because I knew deep inside that he had done his best and the only person who failed in this scenario was me. But he would not allow me to blame myself for what happened.
Later on, I was finally able to join him and he became an ever-supportive presence in my daily life. This is why he was not surprised when I called him up one day to tell him that I was faced with serious financial problems. Once again took up the cudgels for me. He told me very calmly that he would help me clean up the mess but, he expected me to learn a lesson from what happened since I am no longer a child.
Although he paid off my credit card debt, he ordered me to pay him $200 a month until I became debt-free from him. The only interest he told me, was that I learn the value of money and responsibility so that I would not find myself in the same situation again.
Indeed, my family is my anchor. My family is my safe, supportive place where I cannot be harmed and I can expect to always be welcomed with open arms even if I am bringing a problem home to be solved. My family will always be there for me regardless of who I am and what I have become. That is my belief in life and I know that it will never change.