QuoteWell here's where you're wrong.
I never said she had a "dream" to be homeless. She CHOSE to be sleeping on a train instead of getting proper help. It's what she chose to do. Yes, she should have never been set on fire, but there are dangers of doing it like being murdered in your damn sleep.
SHE MADE DECISIONS.
I Made decisions to go to school, get myself into a great career, buy a house and live a healthy lifestyle. I COULD have chose to not finish school, get involved in drugs, make drugs a priority, sleep on trains and not get help.
Decisions. She chose. It was sad, but she chose it.
This is such an ugly way to center yourself. I find that most people fall into 3 categories: they were raised with fully supportive families that did their best to nurture them to be self-sustaing adults, they have families that didn't care much BUT gave them the autonomy to make their own decisions, or they have some form of severe trauma as children that they've been forced to navigate on their own.
You can't brag about what you've accomplished without also including the story of how you got there. The starting line is different for everyone, and if you don't know her story, you should show her some grace. The most accomplished people typically have very supportive families (i.e. Sonya and Brandy). There are hundreds of "Brandys" who were born to unsupportive parents. And no, Brandy would NOT be Brandy if she had grown up in a traumatic family that refused to recognize her talents.