Home...

Well, home ought to be a warm place for all of us, a place where we can go to and hide out when the world collapses, a place where we can find unconditional love and care and concern, a place where we can spread the joys of our lives, and a place where we can share our burdens as a family...But recently, events changed my perceptions somewhat. My buddy's family is causing hi m problems (u know who you are Mr Knight...) and if I am not reading his blog incorrectly, he's staying away from home, spending mot of his time in school. Well, I think back to the times in secondary school because at that time, I did almost pretty much the same thing. The thought of running away from the one thing that belongs to me (my home) crossed my mind quite frequently because of the problems I had with them...(long story, next time....) Of course, my problems are nowhere as great as my buddy's problems, I'd be the first to admit that...But what really shook me was that to him at least, home is likely to be none of the above...He feels unloved, uncared for...Tragedy, I'd always look at him and wondered whether I'll form a family as loving as his (well, that was before the problems he had with his family) and I told him that he had a lovely family...What happened...The one thing in this world thats unchanging, that's supposed to be with you suddenly changed...But deep inside I still feel hope. Hope that whatever problems for my buddy will be resolved soon, and hope that I'll not get myself into too much troubles when I do set up my own family, for honestly I've seen enough such shit in my family and now his to know that all the more peace and harmony in the family is something worth fighting for. Honestly, I pray that my buddy's problem will be resolved soon, for ever since that started, I've seen him spiral downwards faster and faster and deeper and deeper. He's in a very bad shape now and as a friend, honestly I feel really helpless about it except to talk to him and pray real hard that he'll survive this. Of course, if he do, he'll be all the stronger. I wish him strength and faith in his endeavours. I learnt that running never solves problems, so why keep running?

From your sincere friend
To a friend who's running away