Rick Torrison talks about growing up with a mother who had two abortions and a sibling given up for adoption, and a father who left. He argues your circumstances don't determine your future, only your choices do, and calls on you to take control of your story.
I was the fourth child born to my mother. She had two abortions. She gave a girl up for adoption, and she chose to keep me. And when she chose to keep me, the man that she was with, my birth father, chose to leave. He had. From that place, I created a lot of living beliefs that I'm unwanted, that I was not desired. Limitless potential in life that lies within you is not determined by the circumstances of your birth or your environment, what other people say over you or don't say about you, and even what you say and declare over your life. Your limitless life doesn't depend on the circumstances of your birth or life or other people, but rather on the choices that you decide to make. And you can make a different choice, even right now. I'm not saying it's easy. I'm not saying that it won't require some challenge, maybe some sacrifice. But you can do it. And you're not alone. You're the author of your story. Pick up the pen and start writing.
