I often wondered why children move away from parents.

I think I got the answer.

Its when you can't afford to hurt them and yet you can't bear to hurt yourself either.

Its when the path to happiness that they envision for you, clashes with the path that you're sometimes destined to follow.

Its when the path that you tread is not what they expected you to follow.

Its when the world has changed in ways that they did not predict and has even taken its toll on you, but to them you still remain the untarnished grain of rice still safe inside its pod. Its when they don't realize that the exposed piece of grain -- if it doesn't follow its own course, would probably wither and die.

Its when you just have to take decisions which they can never approve of.

Its when you have to take risks cause its your life and you just realize that it is indeed yours and not someone else's. Its when you just need to take charge, when falling back is not an option any more, rather a shameful acceptance of defeat. If this path fails, you know you would change course, find another way out but you would never, never ever go back and accept defeat.

It is then that you truly have drifted apart from your parents. Its sad perhaps, but its still an inevitable reality of life.