Obligations

What do we really owe the people we love? Do we owe them labor we would not otherwise choose to commit to? After all, if they truly loved us, would they honestly expect us to do something we didn't want to do? would the feel right, benefiting from those labors? would we feel better doing it if it had been our idea in the first place? If so, then who are we really doing it for? The good of the family ? Self- gratification? Maybe a little of both isn't so bad. But it would be much easier to figure out if guilt could be taken out of mix. Too often guilt blurs the line. Separating what does get done from what should be done...