Life teaches us many things. We learn the ways of life at different stages of our own. In fact, almost as soon as we're born, we are already taught, learn, and used lessons that life teaches us.

A newborn knows nothing of the world. Except for one. Attention grabbing is needed to fulfill his/her wants. No one taught them that. Nature did.

As one grows up, we learn that it doesn't mean we get attention, just because we called out for it. A toddler may scream, yell and shout to get the interest of the people, mainly adults around him/her. But the truth is, when they get ignored, they subconsciously take into account that such methods of attention grabbing does not work all the time. Only when people intimate enough are around would those antics be successful.

And even then, it does not gurantee success.

As life goes on, toddlers grow into immature children. At this stage, they acquired another skill. The ability to detect emotion. The instinct to push buttons only when appropiate. In front of an extremely mad mother, no child would bother asking for toys. For he/she know that it is futile. On the other hand, when mum or dad is all smiles and are having a really good mood, children always seem to pop up from nowhere and cause a hole in the wallet.

Before reaching puberty, the stage of life where rebellious behavior comes in, children learn another important lesson. The significance of effort. How effort directly affects outcomes. They begin to understand that it is not just whining that will get them what they want when their parents are having a good mood. Its how they ask for it. How to ensure that their parents would be "taken in".

While that makes perfect sense, teenagers learn the exact reverse. We begin to comprehend that effort does not equal to results. Just because we hunt, doesn't mean we get fed. Now this is totally different from what has been taught by parents. And teenagers do not hestiate to stick by what they believe it. After all, they found the key to many questions in life this way, by themselves. Why bother believing someone who thinks they're so high up and mighty?

What every single child fails to infer at this point is that whilst they have their own adventures and learn about the world, they do not realise everyone older than them have undergone the exact same thing. They begin to feel powerful with knowledge, without knowing that the very same things they have done, or are going to do, have been done by the one lecturing them.

Even when people reach adulthood, that seems to be a hard habit to kick. We always firmly believes in ourselves, unless or course our self-esteem have been damadged so badly we hardly believe in ourselves anymore.

Sometimes, it is too much consideration of what's going to happen that will be stopping us. Maybe all we need, is a little push, a little rashness, and a whole lot of encouragement.

Life's like that.
If you can't change it, live with it.