Your Life?

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One thing that makes me very uncomfortable is that we try so hard to meet other people's expectations.
Its not out fault. Its not your fault, its not my fault, it is Nobody's fault. We do this because we love those people.
Most of the time, its the parents; Its unbelievable. All the time, we want to please them, we love them so much that we would risk being happy to please out parents.
Throughout last week i was in Florida, getting ready for my cousin's wedding and helping her a bit and this got me thinking about the person i might get married to.
I love my parents a lot and i'm sure a lot of you feel the same about your parents. They are respectable, annoyingly strict and very helpful. I know that marrying someone who isn't Nigerian would make them unhappy. Why? 
I asked my mom this question a while ago and she said it's because the person's background and culture will be different from mine and also because my spouse may not allow me take the kids to Nigeria to visit (which i think is very irrelevant).
For the past 3 years, all i have done is crush on guys who aren't Nigerian. They aren't even black.

I keep thinking about my life and whether i may end up with someone my parent's want or someone they absolutely disapprove of.
I came to the conclusion that it is my life to live and not theirs.
I won't go out of my way to meet someone they like and if i for some reason end up liking the type of guy they want, Fine.
I'm the one who should be happy, I'll be getting married in years to come, and for myself, not for them. Its my life, I'll work for myself and have my own kids if i even want any kids.

It's my Life, the same way it is Yours: You deserve to be happy, you deserve to get what you want, you deserve to know what you want. This may be difficult because of what friends, family, and society might say but if you end up doing what everyone expects and nothing for yourself, you won't be living your life. You'll be living their life and most of the time, you'll find out that everyone thinks about themselves first before thinking about you. What everyone wants is for themselves, that's their motive. Your parents want you to go to school because it'll be good for you, BUT it will not only be good for you, it'll be good for THEM and for what they'll tell their friends and your cousins and your family members. Who doesn't want to say "Oh my Daughter is a Doctor"?
My folks think a lot about what others might say about them and i think its wrong but it's a part of the culture i come from and THAT has driven most of their decisions. It's wrong and i encourage everyone to be the opposite of this. Don't harm other people by your actions but please do what makes you happy.

All I'm trying to say with this is that you have to live your life, don't do things that will hurt anyone but do things that'll make you happy.
Our motives are for us alone and we want things that'll benefit us and make us look good. Its the same way for our parents. We should respect them but try to reason with them and if they want our happiness, they'll reason with us and support us and tell us why they don't want us to do certain things so that we may understand and rethink our actions and decisions.
Live Your Life but do it Wisely.

What do you think?

Counterarguments? Comments? Opinions? Insults?
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