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RE: BAREFOOT IN THE BOONIES: EXPOSING MY ROOTS
Thanks for sharing some of the ups and downs in your education, interests, and career. I can identify with much of your path. I was so angry in high school when I did not get a scholarship I totally deserved. It took me many more failures to discover that I would be type cast and discriminated for everything I had to apply for. Really thought I had the drive and talent (I did) to live the capitalist's dream, and instead got pulled into a socialist nighmare. Dumb luck has been the only thing that has elevated me to use a sliver of the potential I developed to achieve great things.
Keep up the good work.
I appreciate the response sharing how life went for you. Life is a curious thing. Painful at times. It all comes back around, somehow. I personally don't believe in dumb luck. I believe in timing. Opportunities come and go. Sometimes what we want to happen isn't meant to, at that time. But, this is my personal belief. It's subject to change and it's certainly not what I think everyone else should believe. I don't know your circumstances, but maybe, maybe you are selling yourself a little short. Taking good opportunities is a good skill, too. I guess I'm rambling. Anyway, thank you for the comment!
That's okay. There is no way to prove how fate, chance, or divine timing rules our lives, or if it is the mistake of our choices. All I know is I feel like I wasted years searching for opportunities I felt I earned, but would never find. Perhaps I still have a lot of jealousy issues when I see people who complain that their positions of power, wealth, health, and beauty are not enough. I have always values the underdogs who persist to attain reachable goals. That is the bare minimum I think every hard working honest person deserves.
I can relate to where you are coming from. I'm sorry that things did not have the results you were working hard for. I understand how hard that is to take.