I want to talk about parents. Stop thinking of them as just that. That's so limiting to a person's potential. Do you know who they truly are? Did they share their dreams with you? The hopes that they strived to achieve? The struggles, adventures and realizations? When you take a look at their photographs from when they were your age, what did you see that was so different (asides from the youth aspect)? was there love in their eyes? did they seem happy? what were they thinking? who were their friends? Realize that the experiences they went through, shaped them into the people they are today.
I found a bunch of photos of my parents when they were young, circa late 70's early 80's in Poland. I feel a great sense of nostalgia when i look at them and i don't know why, because it's not like i was around back then. in a sense i feel like the dreams that they carried with them before they were beaten down by life's hurdles have been passed down to my sister and I.
I wonder if they had any idea just what they were in for at all? i will have to go with no.
On a more global scale i wonder if our parents' imagination ever fathomed the drastic changes the world has gone through? genetically modified food, factory farming, the explosion of technology, climate change, pills for absolutely everything, endless advertising and even all the shitty t.v. shows. No space suits and flying cars though.
Reflect on your life, realize your dreams and take a good look at your parents because they were you a few decades ago and you might be them in a few decades from now. So stop looking at them as if all they are or ever were, are parents.