I GIVE A FUCK!
That’s when it hit me: I’m living in the generation that is transitioning between the extended rural family and the modern nuclear family. And then that’s when it hit YOU: what the hell am I talking about? To briefly define the two terms, the characteristics of an extended rural family are three generations or more under one roof. The modern nuclear family is where two generations living under one roof. There’s a lot more details that supplements my weak description but I’ll leave it to you to discover and read more about it.
This applies to my family and maybe it applies to yours too. During the time that I was born, my parents, my aunts and uncles, my brother and my sister were living in the exact description of what an extended rural family is. Imagine 3 different families – adults, teenagers and children – all living (squished) into one tiny apartment. My parents came to Canada as refugees. They came witheverything that they had so that means that besides bringing the one or two sets of outfits they had, they brought all of their values, customs and beliefs.
Can you say TRADITIONAL?
Of course you can because we are privileged enough to go to school and get an education. However, some people truly do not understand HOW privileged we are. I think that it’s hard for a lot of us since life is good and has always been good. But if you take the time to reflect on the past, then you won’t truly appreciate what you really have. I heard that “getting the wind knocked out of you will remind you how much you like the taste of air.” But do we really want to get to the point where we only begin to appreciate life when we truly have nothing to lose.
We are so fortunate and lucky but we forget and as a result, we take advantage of what we have. We are living in a society where things are moving at an unprecedented rate and we’re just trying to catch up. Everyone is so busy pretending that they are busy. Even I am guilty of being caught in the whirlwind of being supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (see? too fast).
SO STOP RIGHT THERE (THANK YOU VERY MUCH), I just wanted to remind to everyone to step back and realize how great we all have it. We don’t have limitations as our parents used to and the opportunities are endless. Be grateful that you aren’t living to fight to survive and doing things like searching for food to provide for your family or dropping in and out of school because there was a war that had to be fought. We’re in living in a new generation and until we realize how lucky we are, then we can finally work on ourselves and making the world a better place. There are STILL people who aren’t able to experience schooling and are living under the definition of the extended rural family.
This could be the main source of disconnection between parents and their children in which our parent’s beliefs and values conflict with ours. It’s important that we don’t become disconnected from our parents but instead, teach them and let them teach you. Be fucking grateful and don’t take advantage of everything that has been given to you. In this generation, most of us have the advantage and the ability to do a lot of great things and we let it go to waste. Don’t waste your time on unnecessary shit and actually use your abilities to promote something good. For all of those people who don’t “give a fuck”, it seems like I have inherited enough fucks from the entire generation and guess what? I GIVE A FUCK.