What you think, what you believe, what you are...

When you start to think that you are someone, then you start to believe that you are that someone, then you become that someone...

Such an extent is the power of the mind. Even a depressed mind, even the mind of a child.

People without a proper belief system will tend to end up in the dark murky waters of the unknown. People who grew up believing that religion is just a fad, philosphy is just a train of thought, and life is just a bed of roses are simply getting thier lives into trouble.

A few years down the line, when reality sinks in, they start to realise that life isn't a bed of roses, in the comfort of home, where daddy and mommy are there to protect you. Then, when they start to think about thier own lives, the only way they know is what thier childhood has taught them. Which, most of the time, are a myriad of uninformed choices and ways of thinking.

Let's not blame this on the blanket term 'lack of love and attention' from the parents point of view but let's dwell in the original sin, as it were. As children, we tend to learn from our parents. If your parents are never at home, you learn from the TV and the internet, and if there's no such luxuries at home, you learn from your neighbours.

Therefore, you can never tell what kind of stuff children are into these days.

The only thing that a parent can do is to make sure that they are given proper grounding, proper guidance in how to think. What are the philosophies of life, how to get along with life after failling, how to be a healthy person, mentally and physically.

After Lunch Thoughts.