Loretta Was Here

We all make mistakes. Some of them are bigger than others, have more repercussions, generally have a heavier impact on our lives... BUT all are recoverable.... long as you're alive. So, what do you do when you screw up and people seem to revel in attaching some stigma to you? "headed down the wrong path", "hangin' with a 'bad' crowd", just a "dreamer", whatever dumbass label you've gotten stuck with...? Well, simplest way..........prove 'em wrong. Become a successful person - become the person you've always wanted to be or you're just now deciding you'll be... and prove 'em wrong. Blaze a path! Achieve your goals. Prove 'em wrong! I'm not advocating seeking approval from outside sources... pssshht. Ya know me better than that, right? I'm saying... channel the energy derived from your anger and your frustration at whatever label gets under your skin into becoming what you know you can be... prove 

When do you become an adult? Some say 18.. I say you're an adult when you are able to provide the material means (income) to support yourself in the world - when you make enough money in your chosen field, whatever it may be, to pay all your own expenses. You can afford the rent on your own place and pay the electricity, water, and sewer bill. You pay your own car payment, car insurance, gasoline, groceries, toiletries, hair cuts, makeup, clothes, laundry costs, medical insurance - doctor co-payments and prescriptions, and your own telephone bill. And if there's any money left over, you pay your own entertainment expenses - eating out, movies, and whatever else you have in mind. When you can do all that, provide completely for your own material needs, without resorting to borrowing, begging. stealing or prostituting yourself, you're an adult, and not before. You're not an adult until you can stand on your own and support yourself in this world. And age has very little