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You Can’t Choose Where You Start, But You Can Choose Where You’re Going

Jul 30, 2025

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I ran across a reel today, actually, my wife sent it to me, and it hit me hard.

It was talking about how there are some things in life we just don’t get to choose.

When we’re younger, we don’t get to choose what family we’re born into.

We don’t get to choose what our parents teach us.

We don’t get to choose the trauma, the dysfunction, or the brokenness we might have grown up under.

And here’s the hard truth:

If we came from a family that struggled with mental illness, we had to sit under that.

It became part of us, whether we liked it or not.

If our father was abusive, that shapes us.

If our mother was married three or four times, or if both parents were alcoholics, we witnessed that.

We experienced it.

And yes, it becomes a part of our story.

But here’s the other side of that truth.

As we get older, we get to choose.

We have the power to change direction.

We have the power to renew our minds.

We have the power to break cycles.

You can’t undo what’s been done, but you can change where you’re headed.

You are not the pain or dysfunction you came from.

But you can push through it, grow through it, and come out better, stronger, bolder, and more courageous.

And when you do, when you make that shift,

you don’t just win for yourself…

You become the choice for someone else.

You become the light.

The model.

The one who shows up and shows what’s possible.

You get to serve from that place.

You get to give what you never got.

And that’s powerful.

God Bless The Entrepreneur®️

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