"Treat people the way that you will like them to treat you"

"Treat people the way that you will like other people to treat you" is a golden advice that I have learned for the pass few years. There are times people treated others in a good manner and they were treated in the same way in return. Of course, there are many exceptional cases. However, I remember my father told we should always treat people in a good and fair manner. I guess with the principle of "margin of safety", there is nothing bad about treating people well without thinking about how people will treat us in return.

The reason why I brought up this phrase is because I am currently witnessing some family matters that involves the application of the phrase. Well, let's say it was somewhat of a tragedy to see things happened this way and I am lucky to say that I will be able to learn from what I have witnessed. Anyways, in this family tragedy, a cousin of mine was forced to have a divorce with his wife due to financial constraints and, as a result, his only child will have to live with his mother for the rest of his life. At this moment, the only advice that I can give to this little nephew of mine is to grow up "strong" since he represents the forth generation of my maternal grandfather's family. Sometimes, I feel that kids who are involved in a divorce are the most unfortunate people in the world. These kids may have lost the family love that most people fail to realize how lucky they were to be brought up by their mom and dads. However, as long as these kids are able to grow up strong and to learn from the realities behind their parents' failed marriage, they will be able to cherish their marriage life more dearly than others.