In my opinion the term "i'm a product of my environment" is a cop out because in all actuality, we are the masters of our own destiny, not many would agree but in my mind, i think we have the power to change whatever we want in our lives. on many occasions we have seen, figuratively speaking, a rose grow from concrete, in a more literal sense we have seen people who came from "nothing" become more than what they were expected to be. on the same token we have seen people who had everything handed to them fall from grace and become just the opposite of what they where expected to be.
in life we are given trials to test us and at times our choices lead us to crossroads in which we fail to choose the proper path. we make bad decisions everyday but it's what we do with the lessons learned that determine future short term destiny points which later accumulate into a final climax of a lifespan. in other words, we reach a point where we can look back and see what we did right or wrong. along the road we can look back at past choices and use the knowledge gained to proceed further but how many of us do that?
we can argue the point all day but the bottom line is, when you know better you do better. it sounds easy right, then again some choose to ignore what they know is right and continue along a destructive path. ignorance is bliss but when you know better and choose the lower road instead, in essence you become a participant of your environment instead. so the question is now, are you a product of your environment or a participant? remember there is always a choice. WE are the masters of our own destiny, we ARE the masters of our own destiny, we are the MASTERS of our own destiny.
