You Are What You Were Given And What You Decide To Be

"You Are What You Were Given And What You Decide To Be"  Kenny Felderstein

California people are lazy summer hummers.  Minnesota people are the salt of the earth.  New York people are loud and abrasive.  People in the deep south of America are uneducated and stupid.  People in New England are rich and stuck-up.

People in Mexico are lazy and stupid.  People in Japan are uptight.  People in Korea are behind the times.  People in England don't smile and are too formal.  People in Russia are gangsters and nasty.  People in France are abrupt and won't talk to you unless you speak French.  People in Italy are lazy, non-business like and never get anything done.  Women in Spain and some Latin America countries love sex.  People in Holland are big and friendly.  Women in Sweden are big, blond and beautiful. 

How many of the statements above are true?  From my US and International experience the women in Sweden are big, blond and beautiful and the people in Holland are big. All the other statements are stereotypes. 

"You Are What You Were Given."  People in California, Mexico and Italy aren't lazy it's just the pace is slower than places like New York City.  People whose parents, their parents etc. grew up in a place where things got done when they got done.  Where life was slower.  Where options were limited. Where money, ego and power were not the driving force in their life, these people will probably live the way their parents lived unless "What You Decide To Be" is something different.

The statement, New York people are loud and abrasive is both true and not true.  "You Are What You Were Given." New York city is small (based upon the number of people), loud (because of the traffic) and congested.  People have to dance around many, many people just to get where they're going.  You get frustrated because everyone is in a hurry.  You get desensitized to the people around you because someone will always be in your way.  

If you and your parents grew up in New York City or the other New York congested cities you probably are loud and abrasive unless "What You Decide To Be" is something different. 

If you grew up in others cities of New York life was very different.  I lived one year one month and four hours in Rochester New York (I guess I didn't like the weather).  I came from congested Philadelphia.  I was loud and sometimes abrasive.  That attitude didn't work in Rochester.  I decided to be something different.

Women in Spain and some Latin America countries love sex.  Just because they live in a warm clement and wear short, tight, colorful and sexy skirts doesn't make them sex maniacs.   I'm not saying they don't like sex (how would I know - right sweetheart), but I'm sure their sexual habits are no different than women in other countries.  

"You Are What You Were Given."  If your DNA and your upbringing pointed to being more sexual than you probably like sex more than someone with different DNA and different upbringing.  However, if "What You Decide To Be" is someone that gives sexual favors to get money, security or power, you're probably a hooker or someone that's married to a Sugar Daddy.  

People in France are abrupt and won't talk to you unless you speak French - flat out Bullshit!! I just came from France and the people were so nice.  I speak almost no French and yet I was able to do everything I wanted to do in Paris and the rest of France because the people were patient with me and tried to help.  

"You Are What You Were Given."  If you grew up with family that treated foreigners with disrespect you probably would treat others with disrespect unless "What You Decide To Be" is someone who loves life and gives respect to all the people they ever met in their life.  The more worldly you become, the more people you meet from different countries and cultures, the better chance you have to love and respect all the people in your life.

You know I could go on and on, but I won't because I believe you get my point.  If not, here it is:

We all have been given a specific DNA.  We all have been brought in a specific environment.  That's why  "You Are What You Were Given."  We all could just live the way our parents brought us up or the way our DNA makes us.  If you can have a happy and positive energy life with those two things - fabulous don't change a thing.  

However, if life is not a bowl of cherries for you, if what you were given isn't working for you, then you have to believe you have the power to create:

 "What You Decide To Be."