All my life my parents tell me to be my own person and how I can be whatever I want to be. When I stop to think about it, it is kind of hypocritical. Now that I am legally an adult, and have my own views and beliefs, I'm wrong or so they say. For example, I'm still trying to figure out my religion; sometimes I debate with myself whether or not God is real and looks at everything we do and judges us on Armageddon. WRONG! God is real and He watches everything you do! I think gays and lesbians should have equal rights as everybody else. WRONG! It's not natural! God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve! I'm bisexual. WRONG! You're an abomination! I think it should be a woman's choice to do with what her body with what she will. (However, I do believe some women will take advantage of it and not use condoms or birth control.) WRONG! It's murder! How am I supposed to be my own person with my own beliefs when they tell me it's wrong?
Another big part of "growing up" is realizing that its okay not to agree. Truth is, they disagreed with their parents about something, too, and you're allowed to think and feel what is your truth while you are in the process of getting older. Its who will make you the person you will be at 25, 30, and that person will still evolve even when you're turning 50. Very rarely, do these feelings stand still in life.
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