All Quotes By Tag: Traditions

“Every culture and religion seems to have them: TRADITIONS. Certain traditions are good and others are not so good. There’s a point when some of our traditions can actually become a problem.Throughout my life, I always asked myself the same question when wanting to share my existence and happiness among the diversity of this planet: “What might I neglect by keeping my traditions?” And I always end up with the same exact answer: The right to grow as a person. That explains why I’m not married to a Jew, or still living in the exact same place, or celebrating every Jewish holiday. Instead, I’ve lived on different continents, I’ve witnessed different traditions and customs. Some of which I still practice, assimilated, admire and some that are difficult for me to understand but can watch from afar and respect. I can speak more than two languages (perfectly). I can easily deal with, almost, all kinds of people and last but not least, I decide what tradition works for me and what doesn’t. Not the other way around.You see, one would think, traditions are just one of the many things that allow people from all over to interrelate and have a common bond. However, traditions aren’t always fun and peaceful. Throughout the world, there are plenty of traditions that can cause harm, and sometimes even death.”

“For other men — men who are part of something, who follow a chief they believe in, or ways they were reared in from birth — they can keep their eyes from seeing what they have not been taught to see, and do not want to see. But too late was I brought to my father’s house. I tried to be part of it, but I never could.”