written on 10/22(23)/11 at 12AM:
I was asked if I wanted children in my future. I usually answer with yes and mention I would like a boy and rattle off the name I have set for this unborn son, but today I just didn't feel it. It wasn't because I spent half the day surrounded by a load of children because they were for the most part, all well behaved. I guess I've been thinking about the overpopulation issue and also how much our want to have children is valid.
Like, one could say they want a child because they love children. Or they always dreamed of having one. Or they think they would be a good mother. Or they think they will enrich their life. I would think the last one is the most valid argument because it is fully selfish but also completely about quality of life and our time here in this reality in this state of being best be enriched by something. Then again, the earth can only hold so much.
I could look at the children of my dear friends and think they are part of the problem, they are contributing to the total that makes up the overpopulation of this planet, but of course I don't think that. I think that how the birthday girl 'awww, that's cute'd over her presents and how articulate and observant the boy is for his age. You aren't made to think about the bigger problem when face to face with the innocent children that you meet and come to care about. It isn't their responsibility to prevent their own existence. I don't know if it is worth it really to mull over when there are so many other big problems with how we live as a species that are going to cause massive issues in the future, but that is what I thought about in a moment of time between being asked a question and answering it.
I was asked if I wanted children in my future. I usually answer with yes and mention I would like a boy and rattle off the name I have set for this unborn son, but today I just didn't feel it. It wasn't because I spent half the day surrounded by a load of children because they were for the most part, all well behaved. I guess I've been thinking about the overpopulation issue and also how much our want to have children is valid.
Like, one could say they want a child because they love children. Or they always dreamed of having one. Or they think they would be a good mother. Or they think they will enrich their life. I would think the last one is the most valid argument because it is fully selfish but also completely about quality of life and our time here in this reality in this state of being best be enriched by something. Then again, the earth can only hold so much.
I could look at the children of my dear friends and think they are part of the problem, they are contributing to the total that makes up the overpopulation of this planet, but of course I don't think that. I think that how the birthday girl 'awww, that's cute'd over her presents and how articulate and observant the boy is for his age. You aren't made to think about the bigger problem when face to face with the innocent children that you meet and come to care about. It isn't their responsibility to prevent their own existence. I don't know if it is worth it really to mull over when there are so many other big problems with how we live as a species that are going to cause massive issues in the future, but that is what I thought about in a moment of time between being asked a question and answering it.
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