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I just got the December issue of Real Simple in the mail yesterday and there's an article called 10 truths I wish I'd known sooner by Amy Bloom. I've only read #1 so far and it hit me the most...
Events reveal people's characters; they don't determine them. Not everyone with divorced parents has terrible relationships. If two people are hit by a bus and crippled for life, one will become a bitter shut-in; the other, the kind of warm, outgoing person (cheerful despite everything) whom everyone loves to be with. It's not about the bus, and a dreadful childhood is no excuse. You have the chance to be the person you wish to be, until you die.
So true... I hope I'm the warm, outgoing person, despite everything.
Events reveal people's characters; they don't determine them. Not everyone with divorced parents has terrible relationships. If two people are hit by a bus and crippled for life, one will become a bitter shut-in; the other, the kind of warm, outgoing person (cheerful despite everything) whom everyone loves to be with. It's not about the bus, and a dreadful childhood is no excuse. You have the chance to be the person you wish to be, until you die.
So true... I hope I'm the warm, outgoing person, despite everything.