I am a better person than my parents.
Now before you get all riled up, hear me out.
I am a better person for today's society. This is my generation. This is where I grew up. My parents grew up in. The in between stages of the century. Right after the 50's and 60's where there were riots but during the 70's and 80's where to most teens not much was happening. They faced different types of struggles than I did and just led a different life. They had parents from a different era who had grown up in the depression.
I am a better person in the eyes of today's society. As I said, I have grown up in this society so I have learned what matters to the people around me. People currently have different values than those before us, and it's hard when something is so etched into your identity to be open to the new values of the world. I understand. That's why there is always this reoccurring rift between generations, we each grow up with a different set of values engraved us and they don't line up. We fight because we think we're defending who we are.
I am a different person that my parents. And that's because I'm choosing to be. Yes there are characteristics from my parents that I strive to obtain but they're are also their fears and mistakes which I wish not to make.
So let me tell you who I want to be. I want to be fearless. I want to be open minded. I want to be caring and understanding. I want to be humble. I want to be honest and open hearted. I never want to be afraid of people or places because I know I have no reason to fear. I have my Jesus, which neither of my parents had as teens. I have faith in things that they sometimes doubt and that's okay, because they're opinions don't really matter in the long run of things in my faith. I want to be talented and helpful and a leader. I want to be tender yet distinct and sharp. I want to be smart and wise. I want to be the best person I can be. I want to have confidence in my decisions and confidence in myself. I want to be an advocate for justice and love and people. I want to be like my father and help the homeless even when I'm running late to work. I don't want to worry about things like my mother does, I want to have no fear.
And shouldn't you want your child to be better than you? I know I do. I want my future child to be the best human being ever. I want them to be he kindest, bravest, most genuine hardworking person to ever walk this earth; to try their darnedest to make this world better.
So yes I am a different person than my parents that's okay.
