Morals and Pride

It's interesting that as we grow up, we grow up with morals and standards etched on our souls. What our parents teach us, what we learned in school as children; these are the things that influence the way we think and shape us into who we are years later. Whether or not your childhood was good, the things that went on in your life have influenced you to this day - whether it's for the positive or negative. Thus, we grow up thinking that this is right, this is what we should do and how other people do. Then, we reach a stage where we're released out into the world and given freedom to do as we please. This is when people decide what happens with the value system that has been etched on our minds. Some people disregard their morals and upbringing, while others hold onto them knowing that if they let go, they will be lost. Then, there are those in the middle ground, the people who pick and choose what they want.

I find myself to be someone who holds these morals and ideals near to my heart. Perhaps, it is a good thing. However, it can occasionally deter you from understanding people. It is not the fact that we uphold these morals that distances us from people, but more so the self-righteous pride that comes along with it. When people with different morals come along, we look down on them and see them as inferior people. Thus, we become distanced.

This does not always happen. There are people with different morals than me that I respect and am able to have good relationships with. I hope that I am able to do the same with everyone else in the world. I hope that I will learn not to shove my ideology down the throats of the people around me and respect them. At the same time, I hope to be able to learn from theirs and still maintain the roots of my very own moral skeleton.