Cycle of Life

Have you ever had things going your way and felt like everything was working out fine but had to let it all go away without a choice? This is what happened to Miguel, a grown teenager who had to leave most of his childhood behind. Miguel was born and raised here in Chicago for most of his teenage years. He had to leave everything behind due to his family moving out of state and him not having a choice but to move with them. This occurred a bit early in his teen life, as he was just 15 years old when he moved but was just getting over losing a loved one at an earlier stage of his life. 

A Shift in Life

When Miguel was just a kid, “the grass wasn't always green” for him due to him losing his dad at an early age. For some reason Miguel has always had to deal with issues that he has no control over. He wouldn't know how to cope with the loss or what it meant for him since he was young, but he knew it was a change he would have to get used to. It took time for Miguel to mature, but he was able to become independent and learn to not try and rely on everybody. As you know, nothing ever goes as planned, so once he learned to get over his dad's passing, he then had to learn how to deal with moving out of Chicago, but this only helped make him stronger and more self-aware about things. Just like when his dad passed away, Miguel knew he couldn't expect things or people to always be there; he would have to keep on going and have no doubt in his head.

After learning to deal with that change, another would come. Miguel had been making a lot of progress for himself, but once he became a teen, he would have to leave the past behind him. Miguel would face the reality of him having to move to Ohio and leave his friends and school behind; he wasn't pleased with this decision and was torn up inside. He would go on to spend his early teenage years trying to apply these new changes to his life and not feeling bitter about the situation his mom put him in. Soon Miguel would be able to accept the fact that it wasn't his mom trying to separate him from his friends or ruin what he had going on, but she just simply wanted a better living for him, and for him it always felt like life was a constant change, and he stated, “Never get too comfortable” because “life moves too fast,” and there is nothing you can do to stop it and enjoy the moments you want to last forever.

Maturity 

Miguel, now as an adult, has realized a lot of these impactful changes were like a blessing for him even though he struggled and had really hard times. It helped shape him into who he is today, an independent, caring, and creative person. Miguel is now preparing to become a father to his firstborn, and he is luckily having a boy this November. looks forward to the most, and he answered, “being the dad that I never got to have growing up.” He wants to be able to provide "the world" for his kid and be able to prove people wrong.

He now has a greater mindset, and he is currently employed and is doing things he thought he wouldn't be able to when he was younger. He dropped out of school but was not going to let that hold him back. Miguel will be trying to get his GED soon and hopes to be able to soon apply to jobs that interest him and that he is able to make a career out of and move on from Amazon.

Motive in Life 

Now Miguel knows what he would like to accomplish, and he is able to give knowledge out when the people around him feel lost or are stuck in a situation they cannot find their way out of based on what he's gone through. Miguel learned to become a genuine person now because even though people don't always stay around, he doesn't have to change for them but can find people that are better for him. He also realizes that friends and relationships are temporary and that the only people that he can stick to are his family, whether it's with people he chooses to call family or with his actual family. Miguel also believes that even though you made mistakes and might have been around people that you should not have been around, it's okay because people grow, and as a person you learn that time flies and you get to "live life without regrets." At some point we all end up like Miguel, not knowing what to do next or how we should do it, but I have learned from him to go out and do things you are nervous about because you will get further in life and create better opportunities for yourself.

-Jesus G