An alien from Mars exploring the Earth

When I was playing on the swings and looking at the full moon at the playground last Thursday, I saw a Korean family playing together. They are young parents with three little kids: one little girls and two older brothers, who really look like twins. The family looked really happy together. They kept talking and laughing while playing together. The young mother seemed to really enjoy playing on the swings with her children, while the young father pushed his cute daughter on the swings. I felt so happy for their happiness. It was such a beautiful family scene to witness, especially under such a gorgeous full moon that night. And I also really envied them, while they really made me feel less empty and more peaceful.

Then I started to think about my family. We never travelled together. My parents were too busy with the business all the time, and I think they also didn’t like to travel together. So I didn’t travel at all as a child with my family. I never thought about it until some of my friends at element school asked me what my family did for summer vacations. I didn’t have anything special to tell them while I kept talking so…

Now I come to think that maybe all of those things never matter. The important thing for a family doesn’t come from whether they travel together or not, but it’s inside… How family members communicate with each other. How they respect and love each other. The emotion and mind and feeling within a family/among them is the most important thing. If a family travel but not focus on each other, on spending time with their family,… or when their mind is so busy with their business or anger… It’s better to stay at home to talk face-to-face and really concentrate on what other members’ feelings. I think family travel’s just a way to connect family members and create a chance for them to spend time together and understand each other more. At least that’s what I’ve been convinced recently.

Unfortunately, my family doesn’t travel and also our family members don’t really focus on each other’s feelings, either. Haha. But I want to change the way it always is in my family. I’m trying change myself into a more positive person and then lead the whole family to a real happiness… And the first thing to do is that I have to heal myself and the relationship with my parents and brother.