'Family'

'Family'

I chanced upon this song while shopping around Megamall the other day. This part caught my attention: No matter what you do, Lean on me, After all we're family.

I really think family is an incredible thing to have.

To be physically related to these people.
To share a bond or unique trait as them.

It drives you to think, "Why not the other billions of people in this world?"

I have read something along these lines in a Haruki Murakami book - You do not get to choose the family you are born into but you get to choose who to build a family with.

So the family I currently have, my parents and my sister - it was fate that brought us together. But it will be ourselves which will drive us apart - this latter part I came to realize on my own.

It is great to be able to talk like the old times with my family. Be it inside jokes, century-old stories, celebrity gossips or mere grunts - the reassurance that you are still connected is more than words.

It is sad to be physically close to your family but yet not exchange a single word or eye contact. Be it distraction, lack of appreciation or simply taking for granted - the disappointment makes you question the future.

FAMILY.

I think, a lot of us do take this word for granted. But come to think of it, this is just a 'word' or at best, it describes physical relations. Whatever deeper meaning to this word, really depends on one's action or appreciation.

Maybe it is cause I have just turned 22 years old.
Maybe it is cause I will be returning to Melbourne soon.
Maybe it is cause I failed to meet everyone in my family.
Maybe it is cause I felt I have drifted apart from someone close in my family.
Maybe it is cause I never expected that to happen.

I realized -

I have my family here with me because, everyone is working hard to add meaning to the word 'family' in our dictionaries.

I am sure those who are not, will slowly drift away, like a tiny piece of puzzle from our family - lost forever for no apparent reason.