Domestication

Domestication is a huge part of the "dream" of the planet. This is something, I have learned, has taken over all of us to some degree in our upbringing. As we get older, we are able to take back control over our own domestication and decide to become our own person. I hear many people blaming who they have become on their parents or guardians, I would say I can appreciate all of my parental figures in some way or another for what they have contributed to my life and who I am, BUT I am entirely my own person now. My decisions in life now, are not based upon my parents and how they raised me, they are based on how I have raised myself as a grown-up. I wanted to post this today because appreciation to our parents is something we should never stop giving. Even if your parent didn't raise you the way you would raise your family, they still did the best that they knew how in the time that they were given. I read a chapter in my on-going read Living the Life of Awareness- Don Miguel Ruiz Jr and I would like to post it here today as a reminder that we are in charge of our lives as we age, no one else. Even the people who raised us the first 18 years or so of our lives; they are not responsible for the person we become. Their job was done the moment they birthed us- but for the ones who stuck around to nurture and help bring us up in loving and stable home- we solute you. For the ones who couldn't stick around- we forgive you.