STOP 🛑  And THINK...

For all of my friends and all others who have ever made bad choices, faced arrests, fought court cases, be it for criminal charges or just civil proceedings, have been incarcerated, jailed, imprisoned whether really guilty or not, have been abused, antagonized, criticized, even lied about, been through really rough situations yet have eventually prevailed in their lives:
Has anyone ever mage snide comments or even threatened or blackmailed you with exposing you about your past or ridiculed you?
Yes, you say...?

Then STOP.
Now think about the following:

YOU are the one who had actually been at an absolutely low point or points in life, YET YOU, YES YOU were brave and courageous enough to rise above it all and STILL progress and not only progress, but actually become successful!
THAT says a LOT.
That says that you had no head start, you had no advantages, you had no help, yet your strength and your stamina pulled you up and out of all of those bad places you were in and allowed you to rise and succeed.
Sure, anyone who has had an edge, an advantage, help, and so on can easily start a business, and do a hist of other things and they would be considered successful.
However, WHO is really the MORE successful, and more of a winner?
Answer: YOU.
You made it to where you are because you did it DESPITE the cracks, pit holes, traps, disadvantages.
And never ever allow any average, non-significant other make you think otherwise.

Come on strong, have courage, persevere.

Who Do You Think You;re NOT?
--Iyanla Van Zant