well, you said it was about religion, I can see that. It also made me think about parents, and the unfortunate situation where a lot of parents want their kids to look good, and seem adjusted and professional and competitive, sometimes at the expense of their own child's happiness. For instance, some parents get their young daughter into ice skating at a very young age, 4. She excels at it, and has won a lot of tournaments and stuff, and you might look at her one day, standing up on a platform, accepting her trophy. You see the parents there, and the trophy means nothing to the little girl, but the parents' trophy is the little kid, that they are so proud of, because of how successful she appears to be to the outer world.
Then, in reading the last paragraph, I thought about how at some point in time, we do have to break free from our parents, and forge our own identity, no matter how little your parents understand it, you must be who you are.
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