In this personal-development monologue, the speaker recounts deep resentment toward their parents, recognizing that blaming them gives the parents power over their life. They realize that wherever they point the finger of blame, power follows, and conclude that only they can own their future by taking personal responsibility, otherwise the people they resent will continue to control them.
really disliked both my parents, uh, really heavily. And I remember thinking to myself, like, they messed me up. I have all these anger issues. Like, I hate everyone. I'm a lone wolf, whatever. And I remember catching myself blaming them and thinking to myself, that means that I give them all the power in my life. Like, wherever I point the finger of blame is also where the power follows. It's like power follows blame. And so I was like, Well, what am I gonna do about it? Because maybe they did wrong me. It doesn't really matter. It's only me who can own my own future, because otherwise they're gonna own my future for the rest of my life. And then the people that I hated the most owned me.
