Responsibility and desire

One part of growing up is the responsibility that comes part and parcel with it...and the realisation that our lives are not ours alone. Instead as unromatic as this may sound, it belongs also to our parents and to a lesser extent our loved ones. Therefore our will and the ties that bind are like a rubber band, force and reaction...we may push for freedom, for complete stewardship of our lives according to our desires and whims (albeit within society's rules and regulations) but diametrically opposed are the demands, needs and expectations of those who have loved us all our lives. Often conflicting, contradictory...although in certain cases the rubber band may be loose, and permit a fleeting illusion of complete freedom but nevertheless the pull remains reminding us of our responsibilities, not always overt, often subtle, often covert....shaping, influencing altering our paths.