From the mind of critic: “If it is inevitable that we turn out like our parents no matter what we do, how do we ensure that we keep the good and let go of the bad? Do we have control over what characteristics create our personality and desicion making abilities? Or do we just float through life with no control over what may or may not have happened when we were younger, and are doomed to repeat our parent’s bad deeds, choices and ou…tcomes because it’s in our genes? Some of us had terrible childhoods with terrible parents, some of us had great childhoods with great parents. While some of us had a mixture of the two. What we all know to be true is that if we don’t learn from the past, we’re doomed to repeat it. If bad things were perpetuated on us, we will perpetuate bad things onto others. However, if we perpetuate the good, it’s not so bad that it gets repeated. So how do we ensure that nothing is automatic? Once we realize that we always have choice concerning our actions and reactions, and black and white thinking doesn’t give an honest portrayal of the good or the bad, we’ll see that we aren’t doomed to repeat anything unless we allow ourselves to. Nothing in life is inevitable or guaranteeed, not even death and taxes. We always have choice. We can choose what to take in, and what to discard. We can choose what’s to our benefit, and what’s to our detriment. All our parents had good and bad qualities. It is and always has been up to us to decide and decipher whats what. If we don’t choose, somebody else will. The more we choose our own destiny, the more it will be to our collective and conscious evolution” 