Rebelling against rebels

Hi! Again a delay of over a month!
I have proved myself to be the laziest ass to ever breathe this world’s holy air.
Still, better late than never I s’pose.
Well this time the topic I picked is…’the mind of the rebel’.
Sounds impressive eh? Like a bestseller’s name.
My dad told me all kids start rebelling around this age, and any difference in opinions that I may formulate, may solely be attributed to these time-honouring misgivings.
(Did that hurt your ego? It did hurt mine :P)
Ah! No we of course can not analyse something and come up with our own beliefs.
At 19 years old I am still a kid.
I can not deduce, I can not discern. For all that remains the elder’s dominion.
I do not wish to prod you into rebellion, but well let’s say I think its time the whole issue got some proper de-layering.
The society’s ethics, formulated by the wise and old, still hold strong for our parents.
Why do they hold on so tight to these ancient beliefs?
Why would they never let you question God?
Why are you not supposed to date someone?
Why indeed must you comply with your parent’s decisions in fields they know nothing about?
The beliefs they grew up with, aided them well in their journey towards maturity.
These beliefs, engrained in them are what provide them with stability. Because in their shelter have they touched the altars of success. And in gratitude, they have pledged themselves to following these beliefs unquestioningly.
As far as I am concerned this is their only fault.
Unwavering devotion is not very divergent from blind faith.
There exists only a faint demarcation.
They wouldn’t question themselves, first out of their indifference to younger wisdom and second out of insecurity.
Insecurity which stems from the fear of their beliefs being proved flawed.
They would never stand up to a discussion over them.
You see nothing can destroy a man as conclusively as seeing his long treasured beliefs being shattered.
It seems logical in such a case that the ‘elders’ change themselves. But it’s not as simple.
The day we start following this doctrine unquestioningly we would be in danger of committing the same sin.
The day we brush aside their advice, considering it to emanate from a set of defunct principles; we ascribe ourselves to sharing a spot on the dunce’s chair.
Being a rebel is not the aim; our aim is to develop our own set of ethics and beliefs, which can successfully govern our life.
We must not be rebels without a cause!
I just spent 70% of the article talking about parents and their mistakes.
It seems slightly off-topic, forgive me but it is there so we may not be mistaken in the same manner.
It is there in the hope that we may learn and pay heed to the dangers of blind trust.
A rebel who resists and defies with the sole motive of desisting a set of beliefs, is no intellectual.
A true rebel must never be afraid to debate; his belief standing taut, he can not lose.
And if he does, he has the grace and the wisdom of acknowledging and amending his flaws.
Almost every great man has had to move away from the shackles society imposes, but they did it out of curiosity, out of a thirst for wisdom; not for the fame they later encountered.
Socrates paid a price for his beliefs, his fame came centuries later!
There were many who never touched their statues…many who found what they seek and still didn’t chance upon fame.
Let wisdom be your goal and none less.
I wish we all prove ourselves to be true intellectuals and not falter in our search.
Au revoir!