The myth of 'Unconditional Love'
I have been thinking about writing something on this topic for a longer while now. There is quite a lot that I would like to say about it but the feeling of shame always slowed me down. Why shame? Well, because since I was little I've been told that family members love each other with unconditional love, that said, no matter what is going on you cannot disregard your parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles etc. because you are bonded by blood. That is why when I am having doubts about this kind of love, I am a bit ashamed of myself. My mother and my father are the ones who brought me to this word, thus I shall respect and love them whatever issues we would be having. Respect, that, I do. I have respect for every human being. You will never hear me saying 'After what she's done I totally lost respect for her'. I've heard that sentence coming out of my colleague's mouth sometime ago and I was so speechless that I couldn't think of any comeback. Did...