Don’t frown on where a journey started. Focus on learning and progress. Greats have grown from gangster soil and deal savants from illicit dealings. Hope is evolving and evolutionary if you are open and willing to evolve with it.
Growth doesn’t require a pristine origin story. Wisdom and resilience is birthed from circumstances, choices, and chaos that is hard to replicate in controlled environments. Some of the most grounded, empathetic, and capable people carry histories. Our only real failure is the failure to learn and move in a net positive direction.
