Great and insightful post! It reminds me of a little joke I shared with a friend shortly after he became a father: We spend the first 2 years of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk, and the rest of their lives telling them to sit down and shut up :) By the same token, we spend the first few years of their lives telling them 'NO!' whilst teaching them our 'yes' and then wonder why they spend the rest of their lives saying 'YES' to everyone else's wishes but their own! Thank you for sharing, some thoughtful, thinking inspiration here.