cultural influence?

Are you influenced by the culture you live in? This is inevitable, even as a fish is immersed in water. This influence can be good or bad, or a combination of these. Are you aware of the influence your culture has on you? Don’t assume that you are. It takes a deliberate effort. You are so close to it that you accept its values unless you consciously evaluate them. I want you to make this effort. Then you can embrace and affirm the positive things that it gives you, and oppose and reject those things that work against you. A fish has no alternative but to live in the water, but it can swim against the current.