It’s hard to see clearly. It’s hard to say what really matters.

As we grow up we all have anchor points…ones that can be good or bad…that help us to find our feet and establish our place in the world. The main one being our parents or guardians, and the world view we develop from them and the culture we grow up in.

Gaining maturity as individuals is all about learning to let go of those anchor points and find our own paths.

But it can be hard to see clearly or know what really matters. And it can be hard to let go. So we often latch on like limpets, emotionally and mentally, to people, or ideas, or institutions, that don’t help us to grow at all. Instead, in some areas of life, they keep us, both as individuals and as societies, locked at an infantile level of maturity.

I think we all have these areas where we are held back to some degree. I’m sad when I notice it in myself. Or when I see it in the culture I’m a part of. It feels like a cause for mourning really.

And personally, I want to break free.