On decisions and opinions

When we are younger and growing up, most of us did not get to select what we wished to be. We had to follow what our parents or fmaily's example or under pressure to do so. We give up our own dreams to make them pleased so that we can have lesser problems.

That's why I think that consulting other people's opinions and seeking approvals from others are not the same.

When we suffer a disappointment or setback, we got dejected and tend to hide behind a mask of fear and shame. One after another, we begin to wear more and more masks over the entire lives. In the end, we don't even know what is our true self or feelings.

One fine day, some real inspirations come to us and we think that we can finally do something that we like ourselves. But somehow, that courage is lacking due to the spats of failures we suffer in the past....life is an irony.