Die Wahl des Lebens
The choices of life.
We cannot choose the land or families that we are born in. But we can choose the life that we want to lead. I was born in Singapore into a Chinese family. Yet I grew up choosing to believe and place my faith in a set of values and beliefs which differ from the conventional Chinese. Some people have this thought: You were born a Chinese, and so you shall adopt all the belief systems and act according to what the conventional Chinese say.
Well, if we were to apply logic along the line of freedom, I have the freedom to choose what I eat, what I wear etc. And hence, I have the freedom to choose which set of beliefs and values to adopt. While the external environment is there to exert influence on me, I have my freedom to choose, whether consciously or subconsciously.
From the other point of view, people are born with sentimental feelings. Somehow, the human race seeks to retain and preserve what they are comfortable with. And sometimes, this means imposing one's values and actions on the other.
Well, I wonder how many people understand my point of view, that we are all individuals with the right to choose whenever we can?
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