Until the 20^th century, almost everywhere in the world, Man lived close to his own. The family was a group that supported each other in good times and in bad. Man loved his family and chose them over all others. When one married, then another was welcomed into the family. Children were taught to love and respect their family first. The answers one needed for their problems were found within the family. Their family taught them the ways of living.

When a family member was sick, the family took care of them. When one was too old or sick to live alone, they were welcomed into the home of their family and cared for. Man had love around him the whole time from beginning to end.

At the beginning of the 20^th century, Man invented and started the Industrial revolution. It was a revolution! It changed every thing about how Man lived. He was able to travel far from home. At first he traveled only short distances and then returned home to his family. Each year the means to travel farther and faster and Man’s insatiable curiosity caused him to travel farther from home. He began to leave some of his family behind. Man’s young embraced the thought of exploring new worlds, so Man sent his young in search of a “better” world.

When each country accepted the Industry Revolution, that country also moved away from the “old ways” of the family being the center.

As Man’s family was spread in far away places, communication became less frequent and close contact was lost. Soon the young felt less need to contact the original family members. They started new families. With the excitement of far away places calling to them, the new family began to scatter sooner until very few family members remain in close proximity for very long at a time.

It was soon no longer believed that the family was important. It was easy for man to move from wanting and needing a loving family to wanting to be alone and not needing anyone.

Today, I believe that the nurturing love that Man felt for his fellow humans being has been lost. Each generation has less of it.  Money, careers, and excitement have become the important things in Man’s life. Man now seems only capable of short quick love and then has to move on to another. Without knowing the love from his family, Man did not know how to love other human beings. Man now loves himself more than anyone. That is the definition of selfishness.

Hence, today, wives move from one husband to another and husbands moved from on wife to another. In fact, it has become fashionable to not being married at all and just go from one partner to the next.

Sons and daughters are left without parents that put them first in their thoughts. They lost the wisdom that was passed to them by someone that truly loved them. They lost the vision of their future that was before them when they looked at their elders.

Mothers have lost that bond that lasted a lifetime with their children. Now, many times the love that kept the attachment between mother and child has weakened so that contact is rarely made.

Fathers have lost the pride in seeing their offspring achieving happiness. They are no longer considered to be an important part of their child’s life.

 This causes many to live a lonely life and die alone with just a minimum contact from some family members that often comes to late.

I believe that Man has lost the ability to love unconditionally. Man is no longer taught how to love un-conditionally by watching and feeling the love that was once in every family. I believe that Man is becoming more selfish as time passes. It is now acceptable to just use words, or greeting cards, or an infrequent long distance telephone call to pass for true love. Man no longer feels or needs love by touching or being touched.

Is man happier and more satisfied living the modern way? I don’t think so.

We are all born for love.  It is the principle of existence and it's only end.
                                                                          - Benjamin Israeli