Good vs. Evil

When a little baby is born, fairies and princess' start appearing in that home as well as prince's and superhero's and villain and bad guys. The questions to be asked are, Will good always win? Does Evil have to live? Teaching our children that good will always win is an important message, but we never teach our children the full message.

 

Yes, Good will always prevail, but if you have ever watched any fairytale story ever good never prevailed with out a little evil getting in the way. Here is the one message that we seem to be forgetting to teach our children. Evil will always try and win, that is just what evil knows how to do. Good will win in the end, but it will never win without some extremely hard work, dedication, and some sacrifices. Nobody wants to give up something, but sometimes it just might be for the better.

 

Of course as a child everything is a grey area until told otherwise by their parents. In today's society what is good and what is evil can be put in a constant grey area. Now with all the different religions and beliefs and different ways of life, what could be good to one family could be evil(bad) to another.

 

One thing that is a constant good is Love. Love is love, it's warm it's cozy, it's never ending. We preach this happily ever after to our little girls and little boys but we jump to the end where they all live happily ever after. Therefore skipping the hard work and sacrifice's that it took to get to the happily ever after.

 

People sacrificed their lives so that every race would be considered equal. Many brave men and women gave up their lives so that we as a nation could be free. "Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people." Nelson Mandela.

 

So when we teach our children fairytale's and the battle of good vs. evil. Please let's tell them the entire story. That good will prevail, that they may have to sacrifice the things they love the most. We need to teach our children that it good may prevail right away or it may take years and years for good to prevail. Teach them that no matter what their happily ever after may be that it's not magic that got them there. It's through their own hard work and determination and sacrificing that their happily ever after occurred.

 

Here are some quotes that we should teach our children,

 

"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished". Nelson Mandela

 

"Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other". Eric Burdon

 

"Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two". John Cheever