the Shape of Things

We as human beings are the products of the people around us. So much of what we, or at least I, do is taken from the people I call 'family'. Be they bad habits or good ones, preferences, and biasness. Stuff like, where to eat; where to shop; buy flowers; do on the weekends; what drinks you prefer; wines; how you think you should be treated at restaurants; how you should be treated, period; preferred brand of cigarettes; the company you hang out with; the clothes you wear; the books you read; the music you listen to; the food you eat; the movies you watch; the kind of things you consider art; the preference for dance, music or theatre; the sports you play; the tv you watch; the list goes on.......

We are the product of the people around us. Which is not to say that it's a bad thing. And not to say that we lack individuality. And it's not to say we aren't our own person. I mean, it's the different mix of all these elements that makes us unique. A little bit of this from him, a little bit of that from her, half of that and half of that other thing. At the end of the day, it is us who decide which traits to adopt and which to not.