Family: most important thing?

I think the fact that if I have no one else I can rely on, I can rely on my family. I can also trust and rely on friends, I mean really good friends because those kinds of friends are the family you chose rather than the family you are born with. Some people can then marry those friends and become a new family, but the fact is that those ties can be broken, blood, well, yes, blood can be broken, I've certainly seen it, but they do tend to be tighter. I can't marry my friends, we don't... lean... that way, but I do feel that if either of the roomies found me unconscious, they would call 911... If I were in a serious accident, I'd bet my brother would leave his Kerrville Folk Festival to come to the hospital. if I survived, he might be grumpy, but he'd be there....

I agree trust is extremely important, but in a family I also think we need to give members many many more 'chances' than we do with stangers. There was a reason for you to be born into your family though we don't always know what it is, that fact needs to be respect..that's just my opinion :) and I don't know if any agree with me.

You are right, it is trust. You can trust your family to love you no matter what happens or what you do. You can trust them to back you up if you are right and to help you learn if you're wrong. When you have a family you can trust that you'll always have a roof over your head and food to eat as well as someone to love you unconditionally. No other social unit can give us these things and there are rarely people outside out family that we can share this level of trust with. Here in the U.S. there has been a trend in the past 20 years to accept outsiders as "family". These people may be gang members, friends we've met, teachers or anyone we feel affection for or depend on. Even businesses try to say that we will be treated as "family" when we patronize them. But this cheapens what a family truly is and we should all resent it as I do. When some business says that to me I tell them to quit insulting me and treat me like a customer whose business they deserve to have.

For me family is the most important thing in my life too. And the most important thing in my family is LOVE. Without love in the family there is no trust and harmony. When the world turn its back on you your family will never give up on you. There are many times in my life that I have proven and tested my family. I love them so much.

For me, its all about LOVE and all things will just follow. When you love someone you also feel as if they were part of the family.

Have to agree with you GemmaR....a familuy is built around wit trust and that bonding that develops helps the to be together.....Family members are the best people we can turn to for support whenever we are let down or feeling low... It is the same family members that will understand us more better than anyone else..... we sould never betray out family and always be close to them cause in case we get away form then thinking that we can manage ourselfs then there will be a day that will come and we will realise their importance and we will want to get back to them...

My family is the most important thing in my life too. I rely on them to be there for me if I should ever need it and they count on me for the same thing. I trust only some of them too.

They say blood is thicker than water. Although I believe in that notion and has seen it happening , I do think that adopted families have the special bond too. It's something that's built from scratch with trust , taking chances , giving chances and learning to move forward without grudges on the past. That's what a good family is. And even if everybody starts to do their own things in life , it doesn't mean they are all bad. Prayers and thoughts always surround them and that's all that matters.

hi GemmaR you are so right it is trust and respect and I think if you all trust each other you will naturally resoect each other. I am appalled at how many teens and twenties have no respect for their own families.I do not mean dysfunctional families but thriving families where the children are respected and loved.Yet I have seen some disturbing lack of respect for their own parents and they were loving and good parents too. they broke into a conversation with me and their parent then threw a fit because the mom would not give then a hundred dollars for a pair of sport shoes. She just really did not have that kind of money for one thing and for another she felt that was way too much for sports sdhoes. I could have seen that sort of tantrum behavior in a three year old but not a 16 year old girl. l

I am the type of person to whom's friends are more their family then their real family. I am not sure if it's that i am in that part of my life where I can't be bothered to be annoyed with people wanting to know every little thing about me or what, but I have family members who have almost always annoyed me with wanting to know this or that of where I've gone, who I'm with, etc. I am old enough to be able to do things as I please, I've just gotten myself stuck back in a situation I am not proud of or happy with. Back to my friends as family thing though, I love my real family don't get me wrong but my friends are who I usually go to for advice, for love, the ones I trust the most. I lose trust of people when they are too nosey that is just me. Though I know I can be nosey too, there are limits.

I believe that family is one of the most important things we can have in our lives. We depend so much on them and they also feel the same way about us. they can be the comfort and stability that we need.

For my family, I think it's the future. That I am able to provide for my family for whatever the future may bring. That I am always there physically, emotionally, and even financially when they need me. I think this is my role in life, and what is the most important thing about my family.

obviously. When one sleeps, if he is not having trust --he won't get sleep. He may think that his wife may harm him or his children may harm him. Trust begets trust. Distrust begets distrust. Let us trust and even if we lose or go away it is alright. (i am talking from my age 60++ the response would have been different had it been asked when I was young. have a good day

I also consider love as an important thing for a family. Family members may have misunderstandings and fights once in a while but because of the love for each member of the family, one can always forgive.

I would say it's love.. haha =D Trust is definitely in the family for we have already spend so many years together. PLus family members usually forgive each other for their mistakes, and there's always chances after chances.. haha =D With love, only then there's trust. What's trust without support from the family right?