Early
childhood indoctrination in action. It's often why, as adults, we do
what we do. But I'm not just targeting Christians here. An Atheist
friend said that he hadn't pushed his teenage daughter one way or the
other when she declared her own Atheism. After he thought about it,
he recanted. We all lead by example, good or bad. The mother of a
friend smoked, drank, and slept with whomever, all the wile shaking
her finger at her daughter telling her not to smoke, drink, and sleep
around. Guess what the results were?
Of course it's up to each of us to lead by example for our kids and everyone else, mainly for ourselves. It's all about the person in the mirror. Certainly that's true when it comes to personal responsibility. We choose our reaction. No one “makes me mad” I may choose to react with anger, but that's on me. No scapegoating.
My father taught me the most valuable lesson I've ever learned. “Question everything.” he said, “The teacher, priest, lawyer, doctor, everyone and everything, including me.” We must take nothing for granted, step back and run it through your own private obstacle course. Choose those things that make sense for us personally,and stand up for them. Be flexible though. The one absolute we can count on while making this journey, is that everything will, and is, changing.
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