Are we very grown up children?
Sometimes I feel that we are not grown enough and remained as children. If we closely observe our behavior, what we are doing today is nothing but the replay of childhood experiences and feelings. We vote the same party that our parents voted. We follow the same rituals that our parents followed. We choose the same profession or job that practiced by our parents. Our food habits, dressing style, etc. are mere reflections of childhood experiences. In the light of the above observations how can we be considered as grown-up children? What we learned and imitated by observing our parents and society is not our behavior. We are just enacting the role played by the others. Our behavior never reflects our true inner self. Our original self is masked and therefore it never comes out. I try to explain my observation with reference to the following examples. The person who grown-up in an atmosphere, where he was told that good job commands great respect, is always under the influence that...