environmental conditioning.

many would say that the situations we are in are widely not of our own doing, but due to chance and circumstance. who we were born to, how we were raised and the overall trajectory of our lives seem to have a sort of predestination associated with them.

however, where does biology end and choice begin? my aunt talked to me about "environmental conditioning" and the fact that it plays a large role in how we grow and mature. we can lose ourselves to the situations surrounding us or we can choose to rise above. what i'd like to call "hustle".

with knowledge and understanding. discernment and wisdom. we are able to rise above and use our lives for good and for better. we are who we are, but we are also meant for so much more. at bible study, we talked about a dimming switch on a light. how many of us have only just barely turned our lives on. how much brighter we have the potential to shine, if we would only realize it. if we would only make it happen.

to be or not to be. is our choice.