Certain aspects of our personality definitely come from the strengths or qualities that our parents lack. Lately I've been feeling like I always want to prove to myself that I am not like my parents; the parts of them that I feel aren't ideal or something that people should be like. My mother always says she's nothing like her mother even though she acts just like her more and more everyday, and that's not a good thing. Are we doomed to be like our parents for the most part? Is it more biological than psychological? Maybe nature is more dominant than nature. What I've realized is the more I try to not be like the bad qualities of my parents, the more I become like that, and that scares me.
Maybe trying is the part where the failing comes in. We should just let whatever happens happen and not try so hard. The more I think about it, the more angry I get and the more I fail. I don't think we are doomed to be like our parents if we don't want to. Maybe that's what finding out who you are is. Taking the strengths of your parents and not inheriting their weaknesses; that's when you find out who you are.
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