I told one of my teachers this quote on Tuesday and I'm sure she meant well but she agreed with the quote to a degree. She said "I will love my children more than anyone else and then when my children are not the priority i will help others if they need it." It seems kind of selfish but i agree with her. I believe we should help our own children first then move on the greater things. I'm sure there are people out there that would never care to help or love other children other than their own. But all of that can change, people are selfish today and humble tomorrow, they only care about something if it affects them directly. For an example the story of Micheal Lowe, He was helping build a Nuclear Reactor and when he found out his son may be drinking the contaminated water he got involved and then decided to speak out against it. As a citizen he should of cared no matter who was going to be drinking the water.
All of our choices affect other people but we usually never take into account who those other people are. If we focus more beyond our families and more on others we would help many people that may not have the power or courage to speak out for themselves. Overall in my opinion we should be our family first but have an idea of who we are going to help right after our family and remember that the decisions we make affect people that we may not know or love but we should care for.
You know I do see what your teacher was meaning when she said she would help her children first because obviously they are her pride and joy in life. Its good she cares what about them and hopefully she can watch them exceed when they get older. Although I think your teacher at the same time is helping others as it is by being a teacher. Everyday she teaches a new lesson to people that could possibly help them out later on in life with their careers. She already has done more than most people ever will do with helping others.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that your children should be your first priority, but i think that--in that-- comes showing them that they can make a difference, by actively being an example of trying to do the same thing. I think that trough doing that, you make your children your first priority :) So its like a win win situation.
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