My *VERY* christian mother taught me an important lesson while I was very young. That there are times when it is wise to surrender myself to the higher good, and that doing so almost never turns out bad; but most of the time I need to be my own person and answer to the spark of divinity within me, that gives me life"

As I got older, I translated this, as "when it is the right thing to do, go ahead & give fully in to the powers that be; but try and remember that at all times to live as the type of deity I would like to follow if I were the type to follow like a sheeple