When you get a hereditary disease, you realize you're part of the main. No matter how much you may have tried to be your own man, you're going to be like your parents.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A hereditary disease shows how much we are shaped by our family, no matter how much we try to be independent.
- In plain terms
- You can’t escape your family’s traits.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that some aspects of identity are inherited.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much of who you are is determined by genetics?
- Can you change inherited tendencies?
Another view
It may overlook personal agency and environmental influences.
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