"When you know better, you do better"- a quote by Maya Angelou. While listening to a morning show radio station, they were talking about a topic and they made a reference to this quote. It got me thinking- wow this is so true. People (me included) only do what they know. We tend to be stuck in the past on doing things and expecting the same results to happen. It might have worked back in the day, but if it's not working now, maybe it's time to change the plan. Like Dr. Phil says, "how's that working for you". How about- it's not.
If your parents were not encouraged as a child, they may not be able to encourage their own children. If your parents taught not to show love or express their feelings openly, then they might not be able to show love or express their feelings openly to their child as well. It's called history. Having a history predicts the future. If there's no history of it, there will not be a future of it as well. It hadn't happened-yet.
So, whose fault is it. It's technically no ones fault per say. Parents only parent the only way they know how. If they lack the skills, it's because of how they were taught. I think that it's up to the individual to want to be open enough to do better than what they were taught. So many adults are now trying to pick up the pieces to their lives because they are faced with real life situations when they might have been taught a life if fantasy all along.
Today is a different day (and time) than in the 40's, 50's & 60's (and so on). Be open to realizing this and move on with the time. Stop being stuck in the way things use to be.
Be informed so that when you know better, you do better. Otherwise, things remain the same.
Enjoy
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