FOLKS or rather GODs!!!!

Now this is somethin which I'm always pondered.. How should be see our folks.. I'm always believed and continued to see them as the next best thing to GODs. Though me being an agnostic wouldn't stop me from seein them as GOD.. But there are few things which I prefer wherein I feel that decisions made the GOD's subject (in this case, its me) I should be given the liberty to decide what I want rather than GODs gettin involved and tryin to influence my decisions.. Is it the Indian way of upbringin that we are always told what to do rather than we decidin what we want????

But again there are things which I don't like, like they bein taken for a ride. I've always believed that they should be the last ones we should ever hurt, simply coz the kinda sacrifices they've gone through to bring us up, its not really worth hurtin them. But again goin back to what I said, sometimes they invite this onto themselves, which we rather I wish is never brought upon them. Somethin which I always try ensurin is that atleast they are not hurt through other's actions, why would they be put through that????? Well few times I guess there are things which I can't control them and they end up bein hurt and thatz where I feel I've failed miserably to even keep them away from the impact :-(