Happy Mother's Day: Honor and Cherish the Past with the Power of Present

Our mothers are very important and perhaps one of the most important people in our early lives. They can be good or they can be bad. In my case, I had a great mother, kind, loving, empathetic who had a backbone. I'm proud that I am much like her and have been told that many times in my life. That is something I am proud of and I guess in many ways inherited through our genetic line. 

She adopted a kid, donated to the poor, was a successful business person and cared immensely about people. A trail blazer for women in business who even gave money to an abused girl. That doesn't mean that all of the people in her life felt the same way. This is one of the reasons why I now look with some disdain on this constant search and accumulation of money no matter what the cost. 

We all know that death brings grief but it can also bring the best and worst out of people. Where darkness already existed it can heighten that disease to bubble over the social boundaries that keep it at bay. It may also make good people better. Lives should not be so quickly discarded simply out of convenience.

She did well in her life and she did well by others. Remember that life is short and life is full of different bumps and road blocks. Despite this we have some basic rules and values we should follow. To me abusing/manipulating people who are near their death is highly inappropriate and there should have been more oversite (Some people will do bad things if given half the chance.).

There are no laws that can legislate love and hate. Morality and law are sometimes but not always associated (Something we should work on. Sometimes our courts and institutions fail to uphold certain rudimentary values. It causes other issues beyond any moral failure. That has to stop!). When people are seen as a source of money and what they built is destroyed within a few years we must scratch our heads and wonder where is the red line to those behaviors. All too often it is non existent (Why I support in general court systems and the search for truth.)

Its an important lesson about morality, values, lies and manipulation. On my mother's deathbed I vowed to do something important with my life and took chances others wouldn't have thought of, went to school, fought for what I believe was right and held my ground against all odds. People didn't always see it that way being blinded by superficial things like race, religion, a name, etc... (You won't gain those lessons in a textbook.)

I believe that such a vow led to all types of unturned stones. New ways of viewing the world and new insights into human nature and social networks. These were the hard lessons of life that few would have been able to navigate. So my mother's gift in many ways is about understanding and awareness. It brings forth in a round about manner new life and knowledge. Each generation passes something to the next whether we recognize it or not.

As you celebrate Mother's Day come to recognize the power of our mother's in our lives and cherish those people while they are still in front of you. They bring forth new life and create cycles in human development and change. They are the one's who give us our values and they are the ones who carry our traditions. When they are good they also hold the torch from one generation to the next. Democracy was built from the hearth of our mothers.