The path of life is one of ever more vast playgrounds, from the very moment we set foot on this Earth. The upheaval of being evicted from your mother's womb is just the starting sign of yet another tour of duty, and you might at times think of deserting, but is that the way forward?
In the past many got raised in the matrix of religion, but that's just you leaving the decision about how to live your life to the church you happened to be born into. When you decide to exit that stage left, you might think spirituality is the way forward, but even that is a realm reigned by many influences, and many of the bigger forces there are in it for the power and money.
Self-reflection and introspection might lead you to believe that your life is your own, unlike what Sonmi-451 said in the movie "Cloud Atlas". But many of us know that other's expectations conflicting with our own are what makes the sentence "Do as you please, but hurt no one" a hard act to follow...
