Some will tell you, "I am the way I am, because of the way I was raised." OR "I am this way because of things that have happened to me." Truth is, if that was true, anyone who was raised in a similar way, would be to much like alot of people. Don't get me wrong, alot of us do have something strong enough to affect the way we live, and act in our lives, but it can still be different in some way. We are who we are, based on our choices we make. These choices includes how to respond to something that has happened to us, (how will we let this affect me, and what do I do about it, ect)choices on what type of people we are involved with, (friends love work, ect) and what we let influence us. (media, friends family, all kinda of stuff)...Hey, I did like the Matrix, and like as it is said in the movie, "The problem is choice". and I am here because I choose to be.