Question Number Three: Simon Says

Simon says, “Raise your hand.”

Simon says, “Touch your toes.” 

Simon says, “Clap your hands.”

And so, you jump up and down, and so you touch your toes, and so you clap your hands.

Because that is what Simon says.

All your life, Simon says, “Do this.”

Simon says, “Say that.”

Simon says, “Believe in this.”

Simon says, “Be that.”

Simon tells you what to do and where to go, he tells you how to live and how to act, he tells you who you are and who to be.

There will always be a Simon in your life- at least, that's how it seems to me now.  There is constantly someone telling me what to do.  I know that sometimes, that is for the best.  But sometimes, it's not.  Because if someone else is always Simon, when will I be Simon?  When will I be the controller of my own life, directing it wherever I may want to go?

When you are young, and children’s games don’t appear to mean a thing, listening to Simon seems to be the best-the only-option.  However, when you grow up, suddenly you realize that the game isn’t fun anymore.  Suddenly, you find yourself longing to drift from the circle of people raising their hand, touching their toes, and clapping their hands.  You find that you no longer choose to listen to Simon.  Instead, you listen to yourself.

This brings me to my question for today:

When is it acceptable to stop doing what Simon

says, and become Simon youself?