BEYOND YOUR HORIZON: HOW TO GROW BEYOND THE LIMITS OF YOUR UPBRINGING

The background of upbringing sets the basis of individual identity, values, and world perception but it may as wellform invisible boundaries limiting the self development. This article discusses the ways in which people canovercome these boundaries to apply the knowledge of psychology, philosophy, education, creativity and livedexperience. It is based on the studies in family resilience (Walsh, 2003), self-awareness in parenting (Siegel andHartzell, 2013) and creativity in childhood (Vygotsky, 2004) in arguing that resilience and imagination play centralroles in personal growth. The stories of development and change (Falzon, 2024; Schinnar, 2019) can show howeducation, a narrative, and self-reflection allow people to make their horizons wider. Moreover, cultural critique(James, 2013), hermeneutics (Grondin, 2011), and technology (Kurzweil, 2005; Cascone, 2017) have alsomotivated works that outline the importance of breaking inherited cognitive and cultural boundaries to create newdevelopment opportunities. These findings indicate that going beyond upbringing does not imply denying the pastbut reconstructing it and enlarging it in a more holistic picture of self. Resilience, openness and creativity enablepeople to expand their horizons and develop new opportunities to thrive