Are you a control freak?

I know my children think I am a control freak. Am I one? That got me thinking about my actions, which provoked them to call me a control freak.

Google says, `A control freak is obsessed with performing tasks in a way that he thinks is correct. He may also try to control how others perform tasks, even when there's no good reason to interfere`

When I am travelling in a car driven by another person I have a tendency to make some comments like;
“You are driving too fast, please go slow”
“Why don`t you take the other route go to the destination. I think it is shorter”
“ Why are you unnecessarily sounding the horn? There is no car in front”
“You jumped the signal. That is not right”
“ Don`t respond to the call on your mobile while driving”

In all the above situations and some more, I would be told “I have been driving cars for so many years. Don`t teach me how to drive”

I am an impatient man and someone who always thinks ahead. I have a tendency to offer unsolicited advice to my children whenever I feel that they are not doing something right or procrastinating. Invariably I would be snubbed, `Don`t keep controlling us Appa. We are not kids. We know what we are doing.”
I am sure senior citizens who are in their seventies and eighties must be used to getting such rebuffs from their children. I believe that almost everyone in this age group has a tendency to offer unsolicited advice.

In our younger days we never answered back our parents even if we felt that their advice on some issues was not warranted. We moved on, ignoring them. Times have changed.

With growing age I am becoming wiser. Apart from practicing the art of `detached attachment` with near and dear ones, I am also trying my best to control myself and not offer unnecessary advice to anyone. I am learning to keep my mouth shut, even when I am provoked to respond. As they say silence is golden!