Austrian composer Gustav Mahler once said,
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”
When traditional values are in jeopardy, we start defending them. It’s natural. We know what we love and what we stand for. Parents want to pass their traditional values down to their kids. It doesn’t always work — in fact, very often, it does…
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