It's In Their Genes

“It’s in their Genes”

I recently read a Blog by what appeared to be the very distraught mother of several teens. In her Blog she mentioned things she had to give up, or put on hold, such as her writing career. Plus the additional duties she had to take on caused by the wants and need’s of her brood. So in answer to that Blog I would like to offer the following. As the Father of three well adjusted adult children now well into their years, and with families of their own. (Ha-ha; pay back time.) I have come to realize that everything we had to put on hold, my writing career included, has been paid back many times over. Children will be children, and teens; well they definitely will be teens, they do what they were born to do, drive you crazy; it’s encoded in their genes. They know what their job description is, and they do it very well. And I don’t think science is going to find a cure for this genetic deficiency any time soon. Also, contrary to popular beliefs, they do come with a set of instruction’s, unfortunately for us, only instruction’s they understand. Furthermore, these instructions are supplied with a built in self destruct mechanism, all you have to do is wait a few years and all memory of their prior behavior has been erased leaving them with a clean conscience. And You? Oh well.
In addition, as they progress further into their teen years and gain more experience, they become more adept and resourceful, allowing them do their job’s even more efficiently, and I might add; with a whole lot more finesse. But thank God, because as I look back on those formative years, I wouldn’t want it to have been any other way. (Yeah Right)
While they were growing up , and as I called them, “The Oh My God what now’s” would occur, I often thought, ah, a new episode; someone should write a story, this one could be a best seller, fore it sounds more like fiction than anything else.
But wait a minute; I’m the author, and as much as I have tried to forget, those memories still haunt me with twenty plus years of chapters, and short stories filed away in memory. Plus the fact that I don’t have to invent new characters, their lives were filled with plenty of them, I couldn't ask for a better cast. So a few embellishments, a little more fictionalization, and voila. So Girls and Boys, file it all away for the future, who knows; you may have a few best sellers, or at the very least several dozen short stories on your hands, all compliments of that goo called the genetic pool.


J. Francis

A Wake Up Call

Scotland’s, Susan Boyle rocked the world with her performance of, I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables on British Television’s, Britains Got Talent. But from the moment she stepped out on the stage, and until she belted out those first mesmerizing notes, if the reaction of the audience was any indication; then I’m certain those watching the program on their television screens at home as well; had pre judged her. As we so unfairly do to so many people when they don’t live up to our standards. What Susan Boyle did on that stage should have been a wake up call to the millions watching. Her performance was nothing less than sensational, and filled the eyes of more than one person in that audience with tears, including mine while it for the first time on You Tube. If ever there was a lesson in, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, this was it. How often do we do this? How often when someone doesn’t quite fit the bill, do we write them off without giving them a chance? I am as guilty of this, as so many others are. When a person doesn’t act, or present themselves as we think they should to fit into society, we tend to write them off as something less than perfect. Someone we wouldn’t want to be seen with because they may tend to embarrass us in front of our friends. Are any of us perfect? Perhaps do we not measure up to someone else’s standards? Do we even want to know what others think of us, what would happen to our egos if we knew? I think before we can judge others, we need to take a hard look at ourselves, and assess what qualities we have that make us fit in. What qualities do others see in us that would want to make them be our friend? What qualities do we have that would make us a good friend, and fun to be around. So before we judge others, as the world judged, Susan Boyle, take some time and turn a few pages, because we can’t really judge a book by it’s cover.

YouTube - BritainsSoTalented's Channel


J. Francis