Have you ever thought to yourself, "If I could do it all over again..." ?
So many times I've been asked this, to which I take a moment to contemplate the question, and then smile and reply "Although I'm not necessarily proud of everything that I did, I consider everything I did a stepping stone to which the final step will be to whom I will have become. Disappointments and regrets should not be looked down upon, but rather thought of as learning experiences to which we gain knowledge and empowerment and we become more of whom we portray ourselves to be."
I may not have been born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I consider myself very lucky to have been raised in the manner I was. I was raised by an older set of morals, those of my grandparents, as well as an appreciation for so many things that most just take for granted today. I was taught that when it's our time to leave this life, the only thing that we will take with us is what we hold deep within us, not...
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