Independence

That’s the thing about some parents, they think they can control you forever. They make you believe that you won’t be able to survive without them.

Sometimes it’s because they think they know what’s best for you, but they don’t know you like you know yourself. You can’t let them dictate your life or live through you.

I’ve been letting mine plan out my life for so long because I was afraid to disappoint them which meant that I could never say no to them. I was always unhappy with the decisions they made because they never asked me about my opinion on the situation.

But in the end, it’s my fault because I let them do it. I didn’t have the strength or courage to fight back. People only have as much control over you as you allow them to.

But it’s my life and now I choose what I want to do, with or without my parents approval. I can’t keep believing that I won’t make it without them. At some point, you have to learn to be independent.

And sometimes, it means learning to stand on your own two feet without any other support.