JUST PHILOSOPHING ON : SOME OF WHAT I HAVE LEARNT FROM LIFE! PART 8.
And what I have learnt is this. That, though having children provided me - as it undoubtedly has for others - with moments and times, many moments and times of wonderment, fascination, joy, and happiness. With self-worth, pleasure, pain, trauma, powerlessness, anger, and strong negative emotions. With challenges to overcome, and threats to avoid. I have learnt that, ultimately, on a human level, the cost of having children outweighs the benefits. And, were I to relive my life, which I consider to be an improbability, I would not have children. Why? Because I have learnt that, ultimately, the most meaningful and powerful reason for having children is to ensure the preservation and survival of our human species. Reasons such 'to ensure the family lineage', 'to provide family members to keep the family business going', 'to enlarge the tribe and make it more powerful', are all what I would call 'lower order' or 'ipso facto - making sense of our