Values..Bonds..Family

Lately so many thoughts have been flowing through my mind about  family , you don't realise the value until you are away from them and you don't know how strong is your bond until you are distant 

i had an interesting conversation about what was going through with a colleague of mine Rob whom i travel with , an amazing person with good sense of humour unlike the other British bloke's. (a bit harsh huh?)

i remember rob mention that his son is at university being born in an amazing country like India and having such a wonderful parents who spoon-feed you right from your childhood and support you all through your life irrespective of how old he/she is .

you tend to get surprised when you hear some one saying that '' i don't talk to my son everyday ''

when my parents wish i talk to them everyday (i talk to them once in two/three days ) it did come as a surprise to me,  it's very intriguing to know how they tend to be that way , i think that's when the cultures come into play .

I had a wrong impression about British families, i thought they don't care about their children , i thought the same about Rob when he mentioned he didn't pay a penny for his education, he started to tell me more about the money matters that the loan they get for him covers only education and he pays for his son's food and he also bought him a car before he joined the university .

A lines which he said in a context about his bonding with his sons completely struck me with a '' he meant it '' feeling , '' i would kill anyone for my sons '' i didn't expect that , i know its wrong to think in such a way that only Asian parents value their children and others don't .

he  said ''Money cant buy happiness but it does go a long way to get it '' i didn't have anything to say other than accepting the fact.

Maybe my views are still narrow minded , it was interesting to see how my conversation travelled cultures , by the end of that journey he certainly changed my view .. there are good people and bad people its just the way they it is portrayed, 


i think i still see it from the bad side of it .

(apologies for my grammtical errors)