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"The power of unconditional love. I mean, there is no power on earth like unconditional love. And I think that if you offered that to your child, I mean, you’re 90 percent of the way home. There may be days when you don’t feel like it — it’s not uncritical love; that’s a different animal — but to know you can always come back, that is huge in life. That takes you a long, long way. And I would say that every parent out there that can extend that to their child at an early age, it’s going to make for a better human being." - Warren Buffet

I totally agree. completely, with what he said. i think its really inspiring, perhaps simple, but true nonetheless. it's the knowing you can always come back part, that no matter what, at the end of the day, when you need a break on this journey called life, there's someone you can fall back on, that you can trust who will keep you and your dreams, no matter how unrealistic, safe, for one more day. and every child deserves that. if a parent cannot afford to give their child that, then they should think twice before having one, no matter whether or not the baby bonus package is attractive, or that they can afford to give the baby every material thing possible. everything's useless without love.

yet sometimes it is so much to ask for. so much to want, to the extent that one seems selfish to demand that from another person. someone may ask: 'is it humanely possibly?' my answer would be a resounding yes. 'how do you know?' well, people feel these kind of things, not say it, although they may attempt to describe it using words. there's so much of the world out there waiting for us. i always wondered what it was like to live as a queen, a princess, a teacher, a waitress, a baker, a cashier, a zoo keeper, a soldier. most importantly, a person who is a recipient of unconditional love. i think we all ought to have experience it in our lifetimes, and only then, can we truly say that we have lived.

if we haven't, we can make someone else experience it, by being the giver. the giver of unconditional love. i have often wondered about the boundaries of unconditional love- its ironic that we name it as such. is it really unconditional, ungoverned by rules, but merely emotions? can murderers be recipients of such love? are they deserving of it? to what degree of seriousness a crime can a person commit to render him undeserving of such love? how do we tell? murderers who are jailed, then are released on parole - their victim can never come back to life, and the victim's family lost a person they love forever, but the guilty deserves a second chance? in law, there are many degrees of a crime a person can be sentenced to- murder (intent + action of killing), accidental murder, manslaughter, self defense. but who can really say what a person can be convicted for? if the person intended to kill but his victim (luckily or unluckily) survived the attack, then he'll be committed of grievous bodily harm. fair? i wouldn't say so. sometimes the law cannot protect everyone, but it can protect some, and maybe, that will be all it can ever do. there will always be people who slip through the gaps, the loopholes, and everyday, it happens. everyday, there are also other people working to close these gaps. is it really enough? it's a question that only you can answer for yourself, and no one else, vice versa.