Family Matters

It’s not often that I feel totally comfortable with life outside of the home but I always do inside. My comfort stems from my wife and children who give me the base I need to feel secure. I don’t go out on my own very often, if at all, because I don’t like being away from the family. If I go out it is almost invariably with one or more of the family. I don’t have friends who I go to see or who I go out for a drink with and I don’t feel like I am missing out.

I do recognise that occasionally comfort can drift into inertia but my own nature goes against that because I find it hard to do nothing. With the security of my family I feel like I can take chances in life, as my recent decision is testament to. They give me the confidence to stretch myself in total safety. I have done so much in life that I would never have done without them, like living in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. The one time I wasn’t with my family for and extended period was when I lived and taught in Saudi Arabia for six months. That was enough for me as no amount of money a month could compensate for their absence.

Family is everything to me and without them I have no comfort.