Promises broken

It seems that with our parents’ generation, the tradition of marriage and loyalty within wedlock has faded. If honesty is lost, what foundation remains for raising children? What values can we pass on, if we ourselves have become dishonest—cheating, exploiting, and deceiving others?

Even love feels hollow now. Sincerity has vanished. We love for convenience, sleep with someone, and move on once the need is fulfilled. We use others—emotionally, financially—and discard them without shame. We say, “I’m not right for you,” as if that erases the damage done. We rarely pause to consider what someone has truly given us.

Our ability to raise good children is eroding. Some even contemplate ending pregnancies, fearing the burden of responsibility. Others raise children not their own, questioning whether they should bear the weight of someone else’s choices.

Across the world, the signs are clear. In the East, many have stopped marrying altogether, choosing solitude over family. In the West, remarriages and blended families are common, yet often fractured. As humans, we seem to have lost the essence of humanity. We’ve become insatiable, careless toward the innocent, and relentless in our pursuit of fleeting pleasure.

Good people—those who once dreamed of a life filled with love, a partner, and children—are losing that dream. We are no longer human in the truest sense, but greedy beings chasing bodily pleasure, wasting precious time, and performing roles in our own lives like actors in a play of lies. And in the end, we bore even ourselves.