The rebel in me...

As I was watching a TV show about young Amish struggling with their antiquated, authoritarian system, I was thinking that I wasn't much different when I was younger and ever since I could remember, I was questioning the status quo, venturing into forbidden areas and entertaining thoughts that were not necessarily mainstream at the time.

Was I already behaving as a rebel? Perhaps, at least by some people's standards. Would I have been happy, staying were I was brought up and just following the path that was expected of me? No. I was an explorer, a thrill-seeker, an adventurer and a contrarian. Had I been influenced by some people or was that spirit already in my genes? I believe the latter. Rebels are born, not made.