The Stories

My life hasn't been defined by drugs or extreme poverty. It hasn't been defined by tragedy or insurmountable sorrow. In truth, my life is average. I went to a decent public high school and a great college, with few objectively tragic experiences.

However, I have learned that the effects that events have on our lives are utterly and deeply personal, affecting us in such a unique and individual way. For example, a death can affect two people in radically different ways. One person may be entirely destroyed by the death of a family member whereas another may be able to overcome that grief relatively quickly.

It's the relativity of the effects of events that I think defines who we are and influences who and what we become.