Dear Walter,

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Thank you.

Yes, fortunately I could of been a copy of my father. My younger brother was the reflection of my father. Abusive to everyone. Abusive to his wife. Abusive to his children.

It all ended in disaster. Divorce. Children who ran from their father. Eventually, like his father, my brother drank himself to death, at aged 49 years.

He died nine months after my fathers death. My father would have been devastated if his beloved son had died before him. My father idealised my young brother. I think the reason was that my brother was so much like his father.

Very sad. Very unforgivable. My father destroyed his life. My father destroyed him sons life. My father had a very negative impact on the remaining members of his family.

Never once did my farther tell anyone of his children, that he loved them.

You are so correct when you say that it is so easy to follow on from your fathers negative behaviour. You Grow up thinking your fathers behaviour is normal. Everyone must have the same upbringing. So wrong.

I am now following the lifestyle of The Buddha. I meditate for long days, each day.

Consequently, I have become at peace with my father. Have become at pease with humanity. I have become at peace with the world.

I regret, however, that I was not then, as I am now.

Ok, please keep sharing your thinking’s. I will be thinking of you🙏🏿

gaeilge