Pre-programmed

Things my parents taught me that I still do to this day:

• Find something constructive to do when I am bored.
• Wear my seatbelt. Even if I am just going from one parking spot to another.
• Go to church & pray.
• Say please, thank you and excuse me with regularity.
• Read often.
• Work hard.
• I don't let how I feel dictate how I act.
• I feel guilty when I am sick.
• Laugh lots.
• Chew with my mouth closed.
• Find joy in small things.
• Enjoy camping.
• Have an extensive vocabulary.
• Laugh at myself.
• Reason out why I think or believe what I do.
• I do not burp in public.
• Don't depend on others to make decisions for me or to make me feel happy.
• Don't allow my circumstances to dictate how I react.

I am sure there are probably 1000 things my parents programmed into me. There are things they didn't train me to do but through some weird genetic quirk, I do anyway. For example, if my mom gets tired, she is totally irrational. ME TOO!!! (The other half of my family acts totally irrational if they get too hungry.)