Show Making a Choice Choice- Independence and anti Loneliness or Dependence With Ties of Aff Affection TO PO 0 MOST persons there comes sometime in their lives the opportunity for a choice choice between between independence and loneliness or orties ties and affection The wise mature person thinks long before choosing the former above the latter There are many young people however who feel so sure of themselves and their ability to get along all right that they are irked by bythe bythe bythe the least restraint They throw it off only to discover later lat in life that affection is worth the curtailing curtailing curtailing curtail curtail- ing restraint and dependence depend I en en- tailed Companionship has been their portion up to the time of their decision that dependence is what they th-ey must have at any cost They have no idea of what loneliness loneliness lone lone- lin liness ss means Separation The adult who is separated from his family because of distance domestic estrangement or who has bas outlived the other members realizes to the full what it means to be alone It is when estrangement estrangement estrange estrange- ment causes the separation th that t there are times when wh-en the aloneness aloneness aloneness alone- alone ness is bearable or agreeable but these times are interrupted by hours when the feeling of loneliness loneliness ness n-ess creeps over him or her and companionship though with but a small smaIl degree of affection is craved Individuality Human nature is so constituted that people cannot live in the same atmosphere and always see sec eye to eye There is wisdom in this plan Individuality would be quelled if what any person thought how how- I ever beloved could always be accepted without dissent by those around him or her Nor can actions actions actions ac ac- of even those dear to us in invariably invariably in in- variably meet m with our approval whether expressed o 0 or r run u n e x x- x pressed It is when we le learn rn to permit personal diff differences without censure censure censure cen cen- sure that companionship in the home or out of it develops best Even when children are young they must be allowed a modicum of of such freedom or when older they will long to break away and if they do th then n there is loneliness in store for lor the youth and sadness left in the home Divorce Married couples when they contemplate contemplate con con- template divorce have the choice between independence plus loneliness lone lone- l loneliness n-e- n liness or dependence each on the other with affection restored or remaining less than could be desired It may be there is but it should be re remembered remembered remembered re- re that no two persons married or single can live together together to to- together gether under the same roof and always be congenial however vever this d does s not signify that at heart affection is gone Separation means loneliness for on one or both bothof bothof bothof of them Families Within a family there is sure to tobe tobe tobe be some dissension at times times- young folk may quarrel and adults dispute But when wh-en these times are over the ties of affection n the associations associations as as- that intertwine and the fabric of their lives so closely wo woven together should prove prave a firm foundation for continued companionship companionship com com- The door to loneliness should remain barred Bell Syndicate Service |