I was born to fail

Failure was my destiny before I was even born.

My mother a refugee from a war zoned country came to the U.S with barely any change in her pockets, taking care of my brother who have has severe autism, enduring homeless.

I was living a life no kid should ever have to live.

Kids should be focused on hanging out with friends.

Not focused on if tomorrow is going to be worse than yesterday.

A trip was presented to me, a trip to live in the wilderness for a week.

Although I have never been anywhere without my mother and brother, this was chance to do something out of the ordinary and discover what the world had to offer me.

Living in the woods presented so many fears and growth,

Fear of spiders, the movement of the trees in the dark, fear of being alone.

But the trip also presented me the mindset of overcoming any obstacle and to get keep going.

The my need to survive in the wilderness,

was the beginning of my need to make my future better than yesterday.