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I enjoy writing and reading stories about various topics. This would probably be considered rare for a guy who only graduated from the eighth grade in grammar school.

But life itself has a way of bringing people about regardless of their education or experiences. This is just one small example of how I was fortunate enough to change my ways and learn new things in life ... things I feel are important and that I enjoy doing.

No, life has not always been easy for me and that I am sure that other people have gone through worse times too. I'm sure that I am writing to the choir here, that some of you have had it much harder than I.

The point of my article here is to share my story. Writing and reading was not always a favorite thing for me to do or to even consider doing, it just happened during my later years. I was going through hard times, feeling sorry for myself, or thinking of how I didn't succeed in life like my other friends and colleagues.

One day, I got to thinking that there had to be another way to live my life. One way to start was to understand that I have choices in life. I can either give up and cry in my beer or realize that I can change my life into a productive life of happiness. The first thing a person must do is to be honest with themselves.

This thinking requires taking a long ugly look at yourself and realize that changes have to take place and soon before you lose all hope or direction. It means spending time with yourself, doing things with yourself and learning all over again as to who you really are to yourself, before trying to be yourself for others.
This is easier said than doing it, believe me.

One thing a person should learn about themselves is what they like to do. If this decision is not clear yet, don't give up, sometimes it takes a little time longer for most of us, before some of us eventually find what we were in search for all along, ourselves.

Once I learned what made me tick bad and good, it wasn't long to correct some of my mistakes in life and to see what I really liked doing, in my case and for this article's sake, writing and reading became my favorite past time. I hope that this article will instill hope and some help in one's life here. Remember, life has a way of making things happen when they are ready to happen, not necessarily when we want them to happen. Never give up, because it is a fact that everybody has something good to add to their own lives and to the lives of others. Hang in there.

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