Life Scripts

I read something today which fascinates me. In the area of transactional analysis, Eric Berne claims that people 'are born in inately healthy, but develope patterns early in life based on negative or positive influences around them.' This patterns are called life scripts.

We know of the debate of nature vs nurture. This is a case in point for the case of how the environment we are expose to govern the way we behave. It seems that from an early age, we fall into a role that is played in our family's day-to-day lives. Once this role is decided, we spend the rest of our lives playing it all. Those whose early years are negative..will play out their lives less than happy; unless one make a conscious decision and effort to change.

Does it not go back to choice, attitude and responsiblility of an individual?

Our life scripts, I feel, does not really have to determine how our life should unfold...whether good or bad.

Yes, there may be many times when I reflect about my own life.
Did I really join the teaching service because 'it was in the genes'? That because there are more than 15 of the family in the profession, that I went along too?

Nope...I am clear on why I wanted to teach then.
However, now I can take a step back and ask if I want to do something else...there is no need to just play out a script, without reflecting and pondering when there are uncertainties within you.

Life is always evolving and changing. Life is not static...but life is transcient. Seize whatever opportunities we have to make changes, and be flexible and adaptable to changes.

Remember, life scripts that be changed - for improvements, and to meet new challenges. Let us, and not others, be the one who pens our own story...of a life well-lived.