
…f drugs, alcohol, and coffee from his life. As a result, he doesn’t experience any more depression. “I had [that] for years, but now, when the rain comes, it rains, but it doesn’t stay. It doesn’t stay long enough to immerse me and drown me anymore.”
Something teenagers don’t understand is that whether you do what parents or authorities tell you — or the exact opposite — you’re still letting them control your behavior. If you are dedicated to a goal, does it matter if you are going with the flow, against it, or escaping it entirely? The true rebels are not rebelling at all — they are just following their own path.
ty, what can you do to re…er— is that our ultimate desire? To be lead, under any circumstances, toward any goal? It seems so. What was, in our grandparents’ time, the need to fit in is now the need to rebel (all, of course, in order to fit in again). Pierce your nose and get a unique tattoo, just like everyone else. And when rebellion is the hallmark of conformity, what can you do to rebel against that?