Dependence

And our need for each other

When reading that, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Dysfunction? Independence, growing up? The word triggers a lot of thoughts but the one I want to write about concerns a societal dependency.

I’ve always prided myself in being independent. My mom stressed the idea to me that if you wanted something done right, you needed to do it yourself. How very often that is true. It’s why I love being a self published author. I write what I love to write (and read), I format my own books, do my own covers unless I fall in love with someone else’s artwork, load everything to the retailers and sell at events on my own time.

I love growing my own food though I’m not that good at it. I prepare meals from scratch, I’ve even had five of my seven children born at home.

But this morning I find myself in need of someone else. Our fridge broke beyond a cost-efficient repair and here I wait for a delivery man to bring a new one to me.

We depend on the integrity of other folks, that they’ll do the job they say they will, that they’ll carry through that which they’re paid to do. It’s kind of an honor system. How often are we set up to be “burned” only we’re not because there are still people who have integrity. Still people who do to others as they would want others to do for them.

I think of all the scammers in this world that try to suck our money and I wonder…why are there human beings who don’t want to live honorably? Who don’t care to make an honest living? Is it because they were never brought up correctly? Or do they have such little respect for their fellow human being that they don’t care what happens to them?

I can handle dependency when it involves honorable people.

Have a wonderful weekend!

March 3 is right around the corner! So excited. Still working on Killian’s backstory.