Writing Prompt # 2

"You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going."

When I was growing up I was brought into a family which I had an older sister at the house and four brothers that lived in Denison. My mom met my dad after they both had divorces. My four brothers are from my dad and his wife before my mom. My mom and dad had me together and my sister came from my mom and her husband before my dad.  So growing up was a very good time in my house hold I had a sister  that would do whatever she could do to help out with me because she is only 12 and a half years older than me so I can relate to her with things.  My mom’s dad   lived in Kansas City, I never got to meet my grandmother on my mom’s side because she died when my mom was only 19 years old so that took some time for me to get used to going to my grandpas house and grandma not there. My dad’s parents are still alive they live in Red Oak. My relationship with them is very good I see them once or more a week.  So I guess what this was trying to say is when the going gets tough keep on trucking because there is a brighter future out there then what is right in front of you at this very moment. Things happen to good people and vice versa but every day you have to get up and tell yourself that this is going to be a good day and if there is something bad that goes wrong then you will take the punches where they may fall.

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I had the opportunity over the summer to go to the Dominican Republic and it was a very influential time. This was one of the things that most kids would want to take part of and I was lucky enough to have gotten to do such an awesome experience as this was.   It was very eye opening to see the difference from United States to the Dominican Republic. The plumbing couldn’t handle toilet paper so we had to throw our toilet paper into the garbage cans. The food was way spicier than anything that I have ever ate in America. The stop signs were barely used they would honk their horns and they would be through the intersections before you even knew that they were going to be moving.  The pollution on the Ocean was pretty bad considering there was a sewage river that went right pat the ocean.  The kids there were better dressed than Americans.  The normal people on the street that you saw walking were very well dressed as well. I didn’t see very many overweight people so you could say that there obesity rate is way lower than the American obesity rate.  There were a lot of people that were walking everywhere than what you see in America.   They have some different food than America, they have plantains which are a mix between potatoes and bananas and I didn’t think they were very good but other people might have different ideas about that.   They very rarely eat beef, I ate mostly chicken and rice and plantains. But some things that I learned when I was over there most of America should probably apply to Americans lives. They were very respectful to everyone most of all the time unlike Americans being rude to their parents most of the time.

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If a handful of people can change the world for the worse, then I am certain that a handful of people can change the world for the better.

In this world of broken people and broke homes I will strive to be the best individual I can personally be.  Whether that be helping one person or helping a hundred people. Helping people can come in a bunch of different ways from helping someone get some new clothes or give them some money so that they can go and get some food or something of that nature. 

You always see people not having a stable home and going to a friend’s house or another family members house because they don’t want their lives to turn out that way so then they get there other family members to take them in and mentor them or a Church friend or pastors family to get them on the right path. But maybe you have a mom or dad that you really trust but then the other parent isn’t that way so then that might be considered that you have a broken home life, affected by just one person.  And then you see the instances where it’s not from the home its other people influencing them in a bad way which then could lead to them being broken. I just wish that no one was hurting that everyone was nice to everyone else and that people wouldn’t judge people for how they look or whatever the case might be. If you see someone that is having a rough day see if they want to talk about it and then go from there if they don’t want to then just tell them that they can always talk to you if they need someone to talk to.

I just wish that everyone would take a minute to be in a person’s shoes that has come from a broken family and walk in their shoes for a day and not judge them upon there looks or make jokes about them behind their backs.  Just think when you are saying that stuff to them if you want to be called that nasty things and chances are your answer will become a no. So don’t do it respect each other like you would want others to treat you.

So please treat others like you would want to be treated.