A Society's Soul

I was overwhelmed with emotion on Wednesday morning as I was welcomed with a big hug from Eduardo. He wound his arms around my waist  and held me for several minutes, when I tried to pull back he grabbed me even tighter. No words were needed for me to know that he not only missed me, but needed that small show of affection and love.

 

 

As I once again saw the need, the craving, for affection I became filled with anger and confusion. Anger because these kids need love and confusion to why others were so unwilling to show them the love that they not only need but deserve.   

 

I wish these kids were given more consideration, more compassion and more love.
 

I've said it once and I'll say it again, these are not bad kids. These kids have done nothing wrong to be cast aside so quickly by family and friends. I looked up the basic meaning of family on dictionary.com:

 

Family: noun: A basic social unit consisting of parents and children considered a group, whether dwelling together or not.  

 

I then scanned the page until I found:

 

The principal function of which is provision for its members.

 

The reason we are placed in families, is to be cared for physically, mentally and spiritually.  Every society is like a family, be it a church society or a  community society it's a unit dedicated to the welfare of it's members. It is impossible to go through life alone, without guidance and support, especially when the world is bent on destroying all morals and values.But like all things in life, people are not perfect, and people make a lot of wrong choices. I don't know what made these parents give up their children. I don't know why these children weren't loved. Within minutes of meeting Alejandro and Eduardo I was enchanted by their smiles and love. How anyone could willingly abandon such a gift is beyond my understanding.

 

Nelson Mandela once said, "There can be no keener revelation to a society's soul than the way it treats its children."  My experiences, both good and bad have lead me to this same conclusion. You can tell a lot by a person, group or culture by the importance they place on their children. 

 

These kids want to be loved as much as they need to be loved. They need to be given more consideration by others, and they need to see more compassion by those around those around them. These innocent sweet children deserve more than they receive from others.

 

Children are a gift from God, clean and pure. They are innocent and loving, more accepting and understanding then most adults. Children can teach you so much, and children will always give their love to you- whether you deserve it or not. Why can't we as people, as a society do the same?