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Topic: Nature -v- Nurture
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sue g
Knowflake Posts: 4142
From: ireland
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted November 12, 2005 06:49 AM
 
How many of ye think that the conditioning that was thrown at you, has taken away from the very core of ye, or in other words our nature.Myself I am aware that it has taken many years to come back to who I am/was. At times, especially in my younger years, I tried to conform to who I thought I should be. Of course it never worked, and now years later I realise my well intentioned parent (mother) was trying to mold me into someone who she would find pleasing....hahahahahahha...she has given up now of course!!! She sometimes says to me "Oh our Susan, you ARE different arent you".....different to her she means LOL !!! What do ye guys think. Have any of you broken out only to find as you age, you are far removed from the person who you thought you were years ago?  xxx IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 2335
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted November 12, 2005 08:50 AM
I am so much more comfortable with myself now. I tended to try to hide mySelf from the world when I was younger. People seemed to find me strange. My sisters really fed in to it also. Now I dont really care if I am considered unusual. Who wants to be like everyone else. IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 2658
From:
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted November 12, 2005 10:35 AM
Agree with you both! IP: Logged |
Kat
Knowflake Posts: 559
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted November 12, 2005 01:17 PM
I think that that is one of life's biggest lessons - we are all trying to reclaim our "Rosebud."IP: Logged |
BlueTopaz124
Knowflake Posts: 474
From: Portland, OR
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted November 12, 2005 02:07 PM
Yes. This has always been a huuuuuge theme with me. I've always been the 'black sheep' in my family, speaking my mind and being the different one, bouncy and spirited...and when I was old enough to vote announced at dinner one night I thought Carter should be elected when everyone at the table in my conservative family was voting for the opposition (bad memory here...can't remember who that was!)  I said it though, just 'because'!.I'm still like that! Always the rebel. Always controversial. I should have been born an Aquarius (funny thing, my due date was February 4th but I was born December 4th - I've always been in hurry, but the Aquarius influence has always stuck with me!) It's always been more important for me to speak out rather than be quiet about things that matter or are bothering me. At times it has put a distance between myself and the other person. If someone is really bothering me, though, I will be tactful and retreat a bit to gain a bit of distance for myself. There is a woman at work who is confrontational and tries to bully people into agreeing with her about issues (pretty inappropriate if you ask me) I've always been very close to my father, and it's been the same for me - he's wanted me to be just like him, but he 'stands back' when I speak out,(which is a lot) have never held back in that regard, but he's the opposite and realizes my individuality has always been part of my nature.
As a person, though, yes. I am SO much different spiritually (more so) than I was when I was age 27. Huge upheavals in my life (that was my Saturn return in action) then and I started to search and search and evolve. People are natually going to grow as they age, but I see my sister and I, she is older, and we have different views/goals about this type of thing. I think my journey has been the struggle to resist the beliefs imposed upon me by my family and become myself more truly as who I am, to be more authentic. One of my favorite quotes, can't remember who said it, is: "Speak your truth, no matter how much your voice shakes".
Laura IP: Logged | |
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