We are slaves of what we know.

Whatever we are today is because of what we were taught. My parents taught me to greet every elder with “namaste” with folded arms. Fast forward to today, my hands automatically fold up to greet an elder. I don’t see most others doing it.

Others just wish elders as if they are their friends. Which is fine because that’s what was taught to them. While my parents almost coded into me to use both my hands to wish an elder.

The point I’m trying to emphasize here is that we’re coded or programmed into the way we are today, by our parents. They dictate what is our natural behavior towards people. This is because they are the ones who we learn from all our lives.

From learning a language after being born to learning how to effectively use the language to communicate. We learnt it all from them.

What we are today is simply what surroundings we’ve been in since our childhood. All our childhoods were different in different ways which makes us all so different.

There are 2 possibilities:

1. You like what your parents have made you.

2. You don’t like it much.

If it’s the former I’m happy for you and your parents. But if it’s the latter, guess what I’m happy for you again because you know that there are things in you which could be better. The fact that you know what all needs to get better makes you a self aware person.

The good thing is as you grow older, you get to control more and more of how you shape up. You can choose your surroundings (friends), inspiration and what you read/know.

If you don’t like certain things about yourself. Trust me, you’ve got ample time and capability to make it what it should be.

You can now code your systems programme. On one hand it feels really amazing but on the other it’s a major responsibility to take charge of your ownself and shape yourself into a person whom you’ll love more than anyone else in the world.

Take charge of how you shape yourself from here on and you’ll be just what you want be.

-ChoubeySahab