The older we get, the more we are our parents

My dad’s eyes and mom’s mouth

When we are children we imitate everything our parents do. That’s how we learn. They are our heroes, we repeat their actions, ways of speaking, gestures and even toxic attitudes. We trust them 20%.

When we are teenagers and young adults we try very hard not to be like them at all. We even hate them. We contrary in every way. Yelling, running away, lying and arguing are proofs of this. As I get older and approach 30 I see how, unintentionally, I go back to that early age, where the mannerisms, good and bad characteristics from them, come back to me. Dang it! Obviously this would happen. Everything I criticized about my mother I see now in myself. My hands adopt the same sleeping position as my dad’s, I learned to cook my mom’s soup, I even laugh like them and fold my shirts the exact same way she does.
Many of opinions have their closed and traditional tendencies, even though they bothered me! How illogical. 

Is life all about fighting against this seemingly destiny? Those automatisms give me goosebumps.

How can we go against something that is “natural” to us but we know it could end up hurting us? 

Balance. That’s how this inner fight can be sustainable. I always end up getting there. It’s okay to be mom sometimes, dad at other times and myself, hopefully most of the time. It’s like being three in one. Try to be very conscious about it and recognize the patterns. Write and analyze the issue as it was a math enigma. But most of all: be patient and accept yourself and yours.

For the moment, I’ll enjoy the olives in front of me that I love so much. That one I got it from dad. 

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My Week on Senses

What have I been up to this week? A description of what my senses have felt!

👂This imaginary game soundtrack.

👀 I’ve been researching some Islamic art from the MET. Art bring people together, never apart.

👅 Probably the best ratatouille I’ve tried. 

👐 I’ve planted some avocado and it’s growing. Maybe in 5 years we will have many avocados for breakfast!

👃 Black Chinese tea for the mornings.

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