Out of Constrictions

I have to wonder, what is or are the determining factor or factors that lead a person to believe they can create their own on reality? What I mean by that is why do some people accept the circumstances within which they find themselves while other use the same circumstances as motivation to work hard for a better life? Why do some people hear the word no and turn away while others hear the word itand think of how to turn it into a yes or how to move forward despite the no.

What are some of the barriers that keep people from rising above a challenging situation? Are there mitigating elements that can be made available which help people ascend from the muck and mire of poverty and ignorance?  What media is available to propogate the message that ignorance and stupidity are not the same thing?  For people who have made poor choices in the past, how can they learn a) they can always make better choices and b) how to make better choices.

Sometimes, people respond to my story as if I did something extraordinary when in fact, I did the only thing I could think of to do.  I didn't always make the best choices, I just made it a point to dust myself off and keep it pushin' when I stumbled, and I stumbled a lot. I still continue to make mistakes, I just hope I don't make the same mistakes too many times.

Click the picture or the link to see my nod to the late great Don Cornelius...

"So wide can't get around it
So low you can't get under it
So high you can't get over it
...this is a chance to
dance your way
Out of your constrictions"
Funkadelic - 1978

Sometimes, you have to dance your way out of your constrictions.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4supWXaFgbc&feature=fvst