Mood:  happy

Many human needs for happiness can be satisfied in the family circle.There we my find the things that all of us normally yearn for to feel needed,to be appreciated,to be loved. A warm family relationship can fill these longings in a wonderful way. It can produce an atmosphere of trust, understanding and compassion. Home then becomes a real haven of rest from outside troudbles and turmoil. Children can feel secure and their personalities can blossom out to their full potential.

This is family life as we would like to see it lived.But none of this comes automaticaly. How can it be attained?Why is ti that family life is in such deep trouble today in many parts of the world? What is the key that makes the difference between marital happiness and marital misery between a family that is warm and united and one that is cold and divided?

If you feel deep concern for the welfare and success of your family, it is with good reason. Describing the importance of the family arrangement,The World Book Encyclopedia(1973)says:
"Family is the oldest human institution. In many ways it is the most important. It is society's most basic unit. Entire civilizations have survived or disappeared,depending on whether family life was strong or weak."

But how many families today are close-knit with strong bonds of love? How many enjoy the warmit that mutual expressions of kindness,gratitude and generosity bring? How many have learned the truth of the saying, "There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving'?

Today a very different spirit is spreading throughout the earth. Though prominent in the Western world, it is also penetration into the Orient and other places where family life has traditionally been quite stable. Included in current views are: 'Do what you want to, and let others look out for themselves.' 'Discipline is oldfashioned; let children choose their own course.' 'Make no judgments of what is right or wrong.' In more and more countried divorce,juvenile delinquency and adult immorality are sising at an alarming rate. Psychologists,psychiatrists,clergymen and other counselors give advice. But instead of fortifying the unity of the family, many advisers condone or even recommend immorality as a means to relieve frustration.The bad harvest from all of this confirms the saying:"Whatever a man is sowing,this he will also reap."