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RE: Growing up in Romania #5: Confessions of a clumsy guy
Thank you for sharing your experience @aldentan. I've been trying for a couple of hours to find an answer because I can relate to it.
At some point down the road, I changed my perspective, to a point where I realized I can't really blame anything that's been going on because after zooming in through all the levels that's just the way they look at the world. Did they really choose to be there? Does anyone ever choose where and when they're born? Did we choose our eyes through which we see the world? Aren't our beliefs biased by that pair of eyes we didn't choose?
To me, when you put it that way, everything becomes oddly funny and synchronized. And the conflict is gone.
Indeed, "that pair of eyes we didn't choose."
To put in bluntly then, why should I live according to others' expectations? Why should I try to please others? Why do I have to care about what others think?