It is, of course, not limited to parents. Influences come from everywhere and anywhere professors, administrators, roommates, peers, local bartenders and society in general. However, after it is all said and done, the choices we make are the ones we live with, not the person dishing out advice. Here, finally, is my reply. My dreams and their motives have been questioned without invite.
People come with baggage.
They come with different perspectives, usually tainted by some personal experience that makes them feel as though their vision is more justifiable because of this life experience. I am here to say that I want my own experience. I want my own mistakes so that I can reflect upon them in later years and respect what I ve accomplished, always, as my own. The decisions in my life are not life-threatening. I am not considering drug abuse or addiction of any kind.