Life is about choices - I think about this a lot as I get older and older. Life really is about choices. Each and every choice we make has the potential to impact our futures. More often than not, sadly, we do not realize this when we're younger and it matters most. It doesn't matter what set of circumstances you're born into.
There are so many times that I wish I could go back to the young me and tell her to do this, and don't do that. If only I could have seen into the future, and surely I would have stayed away from boys and paid more attention in school. I would have focused more on books and my future instead of half of the stupid things I did when I thought I knew it all and was invincible.
I have no regrets, because I'm also a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. And that the things we go through in life mold our lives, and shape us into who we're meant to be. They can weaken us, strengthen us, test us, break us, and/or make us. I let my experiences make me and strengthen me. Never let yourself be a victim of circumstance and no matter what always remember that life truly is about choices . . .