Davis’ Mind Ache

Davis thought he was in chains every time he thought about the restrictions and advises of his father and mother. Punishment for wrong further confirmed to him that he was a prisoner; in his parents’ house. He lived most of his childhood days regretting having been born of such parents.
Every time he saw the amount of freedom his age mates enjoyed, he thought of them as lucky. When he turned 14years, his parents minimized on the restrictions and punishments they gave him, and to him this was a great relief.

His parents new that such restrictions were a strong shell around him, a kind of protection that would keep him away from the stresses, aches and dilemmas of childhood and youthful days.

Because he was young, all this meant little to him, in fact, he wanted his freedom; a freedom to do what he wanted when he needed it. When he turned 16years, Davis got a girlfriend, something he had always desired. Many things happened since, even things he could never explain or even share with his parents though they taught him to always do so; to always confide in them.
Davis lost his first girlfriend, something that changed his perspective of thinking, even his lifestyle.

At 21years, Davis was living alone in the city and had got more than four girlfriends over the years. At this stage, Davis regret having had the desire to get a girlfriend, he had regretted many times, and this time it was getting worse since he was loosing his fiancee to his longtime best friend.

During this time, he met Patrick in a bar, an old classmate, one of the free guys he always admired; one guy that was very disappointed in life, and they shared some of their experiences that had resulted into the pain they were experiencing.

This is when Patrick told him, “I wish I had a tough parent in my young days, one who would punish me for every wrong I made. I wish it was possible to go back to the young days, were someone can advise me or even force me to live up to the right things in life.”
This is when Davis realized that whatever his parents had done over the years was right, and up to the right reasons, and may be it would have been worse if he hadn’t got the most sensitive lessons of life in his childhood days.

*Many of us have passed through various experiences due to lack of knowledge, a kind of skill needed to get us through experiences safely; without pains, stresses and heartaches. But, one thing I have realized in many days is that learning has no age, and there is no age at which one can't be advised. People can only know about us and help us if we let them.

So, what is on your mind that has kept you in pain all this long?