aths of Life

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

During their regular meeting the Baron and his fiancée, Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, talked with their chief advisor, Professor Hamblin, about concerns that people might have.

One of the concerns that most people had, as they matured, was to find a direction for their life. Becoming well educated and entering a profession were common topics.

Lady Angela often told about her concerns that young women were supposed to grow up and look pretty, find a husband, and have children, and that was their only mission. Everything else was not important, so young women were led to believe. But what kind of a choice was that when there was no other choice at all for women?

At every turn in the crossroads of life the individual must have a choice and then face the responsibilities for that choice.

The idea of a single road for all to follow was just not realistic. When farming and other forms of agriculture were the prevalent areas of employment, it was vital for survival that farmers had large families to tend to the farming responsibilities. In some countries, military generals wanted all the women to have many sons so that a large army could be built.

But since Lilliland was a neutral country and had no army and since it was not primarily farming country, these examples did not apply.

When planning a family, it should not be to have as many children as possible and not worry about the cost of feeding and raising them. Instead, approach the notion of family size with great consideration about being able to do a good job.

If a person chose to be single or be married and not have children that was all right. That was the chosen path and for anyone to tell them differently was not necessary.

The path of life was like the hand of cards that fate dealt. If a person took the hand and saw all aces, he would act like a winner, but if another person saw a hand with no aces, then he would act as if he were not a winner.

The Professor concluded that it was all a matter of careful deliberation and consideration as to which was the correct path of life to take.