No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.

True adulthood occurs the moment we grasp that the people who raised us do not exist solely for our comfort and reassurance. From that point on, the steady stream of unconditional love and support we've expected from them all our lives has to flow both ways.

We are all somebody's children, and when we're in pain, we regress, instinctively looking to our parents to make everything better.

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