I CANT DECIDE WHO I MEET IN LIFE BECAUSE THAT IS THE DECISION OF GOD...BUT I CAN CHOOSE WHO I KEEP IN MY LIFE...DONT SIT AT MY TABLE IF YOU AINT BRINGIN NOTHIN TO IT...A MAN MUST BE CAREFULL WHO HE CHOOSES AS FRIENDS...SO IF YOU DONT FIT GODS PURPOSE FOR ME...YOU'RE NO FRIEND OF MINE...AND I NEVER WANT TO MEET YOU.THESE ARE THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME...IF YOU HURT THEM YOU KILL ME AND I AINT ABOUT TO DIE...I GUESS THAT MEANS YOU KILL YA SELF...THIS IS MY CIRCLEDEAR LORD...YOU HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A FATHER TO ME... YOU HAVE BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE... WHEN I WAS ALONE YOU HELD ME...WHEN I CRIED YOU WIPED AWAY MY TEARS...WHEN I SPOKE YOU HEARD ME... I REALIZE THAT I AM FAR FROM A SAINT BUT UNLIKE EVERYONE ELSE YOU NEVER GAVE UP ON ME AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT...I PRAY THAT ONE DAY I MAY BE MORE LIKE YOU...YOU ARE MY GUIDE AND MY SHIP...PROTECT ME AS I LIVE THIS LIFE OF SIN...AND GIVE ME THE WILL TO STARE THE DEVIL IN HIS FACE...AND REBUKE HIM IN YOUR NAME... YOU ARE MY GREATEST WEAPON...AND MY MOST PROTECTIVE SHIELD...COVER ME WITH YOUR WORD FATHER...MAKE ME ALL THAT U NEED ME TO BE...IN JESUS NAME I PRAY...AMEN..I grew up in a low income community raised by my mother and grandmother. Everyday was a constant strive for success and I wanted nothing less than a life of prosperity and achievement. My vision had been clear since I was a child, I knew that one day I wanted to be the owner of a successful entertainment company so everyday I strived towards my goal. By the time I reached my senior year of high school everyone could clearly see that I was well on my way. I had pushed my way through struggles of poverty, drug abuse, and even homelessness to become a student on the path of success with a full scholarship to a college of music. Then just like many others I became a victim of my struggles. One month before graduation, I made the biggest mistake that a student could make, I dropped out of high school. Before I knew it I had fell from my climb towards success into a whole created by the deepness of my struggles. It was then that I realized the reality of my situation and that reality showed I had become nothing more than another statistic; This made me focus deeper into my situation leading me to realize something bigger than me and every mistake I had made. It was then that I realized that like everything else in the world, if you choose to do something about it, statistics change. It was then that I found my purpose, which was to make a change, not just for my life and my situation but to make a change in the lives of all those who follow me. Every one has a choice and with your help and the help of my heavenly father I choose to be an example for all of those who have and will face the conflicts that I have faced. Even though I am only nineteen my choice is to make a difference. What will yours be?