Wesley Reader
2 min readOct 23, 2024

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THEY DON’T DEFINE WHO YOU ARE.

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The first time someone tried to tell me who I was supposed to be, I was just a little kid, tiny and naïve, just innocent, trying to catch up with the world. At this age, I was learning. Everything was a teaching moment that required careful direction from everybody present. ’’You cannot make it. Some people said,You are just a failure!’’ Those are the voices of people who wanted to write my story, not knowing I was beginning a chapter they were not ready for. Don’t allow people to define you; you are defined by the battles you choose to fight. I am very sure I would not have been where I am if I listened to what people said. You can only be what they want when you allow yourself to accept what they feed you.You are different; your story is different. The pen they used to write their own story is not the same pen you are using.

Sometimes in life we fail not because we could not make it but just because we allowed our minds to take in the negative more than the positive. Who knows, maybe you are the one who is going to change the nations; you are going to be the leader and head of them all. What if you are the one who is going to beat the world record?Don’t sit on your potential just because you can’t speak up. That idea you are not sharing is what they are looking for.I remember while growing up, some of us had ideas of what we wanted to be, but, unfortunately, some of us allowed people to kill our morale. We…

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Wesley Reader
Wesley Reader

Written by Wesley Reader

Acclaimed writer known for evocative storytelling and rich character development. My writing is characterized by lyrical prose and insightful exploration…

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