Friday, January 23, 2015

Writing Prompt #2

What does the following quote mean to you?  "You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going."


Basically wherever you came from, you can choose your own path. For example, the general perception on kids that grow up in the projects is that they’ll sell drugs, join gangs, hop in and out of jail etc. Most of these kids grow up in single-parent households and don’t care about school. That’s how we see it. But some of those kids really care about their future and how to get out of that lifestyle. Various successful people came from poor backgrounds and worked their way to top. Once they’re living the life, they’ll come back to their hometown and realize they still belong there. Life may have been rough, but it shaped them into the person they are today.

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