Mutual Relationships

This week, we go to visit one of our founding father, Mr. Abraham Lincoln.  Surely, everyone knows who Abraham Lincoln is.  We all know of his enormous involvement in heading the Civil War for the Abolotionist North versus the Confederate South.  Mr. Lincoln grew up in Kentucky, before starting off his career as a politician.  He was a very hands on man at home, since his family was not well off, but had to work for a living.  I believe he came up with this quote provided in the Image below.



Think about what you read for a minute.  Can you put it into any context of your own?  I see this as a Mutual Relationship style of quote.  What do I mean by that exactly?  Well, this sounds very familiar to saying that if you take care of something, then it will take care of you.  So, a man needs to proud of where he lives.  Proud is defined as "feeling deep pleasure or satisfication as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated."  So this means that must feel at home wherever he lives.  He has to be satisfied with where lives, and the qualities of this home. If he is proud of his home, he will take care of it, to make sure that those qualities don't go away.

If he is able to take care of the home, then it will return the favor to home.  It will continue to shelter him from the outdoor weather and protect him.  So it will be satisfied with the qualities that this man has and, figuratively speaking, accepts him into itself.  It's a very interesting concept, and one that continues to this day.  I have heard many a time that if you take care of your care, it will take care of you.  And there tends to be more respect for someone who takes care of their things, than someone who does not.  And this idea was even present back in Abraham Lincoln's time.  Are you proud of where you live?  Enough, that it is proud of you?