Scribbles by ME

FOREVER.........

Forever is a common enough word.  In fact, I think it is used much too commonly.  I think it is highly overused.  While driving to school today, I had an ephphany:  Do people really understand how long FOREVER is?

I see, hear, and read about people telling each other things like  I'll love you forever....I'll be your best friend forever.......I'll forever be greatful to you.....you will be in my dreams forever......Spend your life with me forever.....forever, forever, forever.

Just like many words and many acts, we trivialize words and expericences by saying them, but not really understanding their meanings.  Could we just say a long time, several weeks, for a bit, until I wake up from my dream, or until I fall in love with another?  Why lie and ruin a perfectly good word?

Saying "I love you" used to mean something.  Marriage used to be forever.  Families really were for forever.  Sexual experiences used to be given as a sacred gift to "the One and True Love" of one's life.  I often wonder about those who give too freely of themselves and their love.  When that really, really special one comes a long, what does one still have left to give and to give forever?

Becoming a parent used to carry more responsibilites and commitment than it does in this modern time and age.  It really was supposed to be FOREVER.  There are way too many parents who are not providing a suitable family life for and WITH their children.  I believe that the one and only one true thing that HAS to be forever is family. 

FOREVER is a very, very long time.