Do you see a drug addict - that lay curled up in a ball for 6 weeks refusing to take pain pills after surgery had healed her even though the stomach cramps, vomiting and severe depression kept whispering to just take one more pill?
Do you see a homeless child - living in a tent on the side of the river during the heat of the summer with no electricity, no shower, no toilet and covered in bug bites?
Do you see a high school dropout - who was drug through 3 states and 14 different high schools till her class credits were so destroyed there was no reason to continue?
Do you see a person with deformed brain - that at the age of 32 she wrote out will to prepare for the care of her children in case she died before under going brain surgery?
Do you see a lonely paramedic - crying in the back of an ambulance after losing the battle to revive her tiny patient?
Do see an emergency worker - that drove through a tornado torn area, walking over down power lines, through wind, rain and hail and pulling injured strangers out of the rubble while she didn't even know if her own family was safe?
Do you see an activist for women's rights - who battled 3 different organizations in legal mediation for sexual discrimination in their hiring practices and policies, and won all 3 complaints?
These are just a few things that till now only a few people knew about me.
The point of this post is to say that every person has some type of history beyond what you see.
I could have easily sat back and blamed my childhood, my physical ailments or bad circumstances as a reason to give up and live the life of failure.
And it upsets me to no end when others are whining about their problems being inescapable and keeping them victim to their lifestyle.
If you don't like your life then change it. If you don't like the way others see you then become the person you want them to see.