Vivina.
Paltry sentiments though they may be, it is our foundation for prevailing through our trials. The system will continue to remind us of it so long as tradition begets laws. We, sad as the reality is, are cattle to be sold at the whim of our fathers.
You may not be beholden to the system, though I doubt that it will not nip at your heels. I am beyond my prime, and yet it still reaches for me.