Knowing where you come from

[PyroChamber]

They always "never forget where you came from" but is it bad if you don't want to go back there, especially if you came from a rough neighborhood?

With me, when I was little lived in the projects on the westside of Chicago. I don't forget where I came from but am I wrong for not wanting to go back there?

 

[DarkHellRider]

NO way as long as you remember thats all that matters and if anyone says diffrent they dont understand your circumstance

 

[Erzengel]

There's a difference between knowing where you come from and using it as a crutch or wearing it on your sleeve and being humbled by that experience as to not let your future successes go to your head.

 

[DarkHellRider]

There's a difference between knowing where you come from and using it as a crutch or wearing it on your sleeve and being humbled by that experience as to not let your future successes go to your head.

good words Erzengel

 

[Ronny Shade]

I came from beyond

 

[Machx72]

I also wouldn't stress too much on where you came from as much as I would where you are now. Where you were before is in the past, and unless you go back there, it's not with you anymore.

The journey's more important, because you're on the journey. You're not at the beginning anymore.

 

[tzarinna]

I occasionally drive around my old neighborhood where I went through my adolescents. It has changed so much. It's always been a very diverse area but now it's just seems so run down and scary. I saw my old house,it's a nightmare far from my grandmothers upkeep of a grapevine,apple tree and vegetable garden. It's so trashy.
I don't live too far from the area which has been over come with MS13 gangsters,I drive through to get to work and my doctor's office is across the street from the house,so I see it often and it's pretty depressing. To tell the truth I tend to not look over.

 

[November Rain]

They always "never forget where you came from" but is it bad if you don't want to go back there, especially if you came from a rough neighborhood?

With me, when I was little lived in the projects on the westside of Chicago. I don't forget where I came from but am I wrong for not wanting to go back there?

well it really depends on your reasoning for going back?

and also your reasons for not wanting to go back.

personally, if i'm strong enough, i'd llike to return to my own roots to perhaps use obtained knowledge, skills and wealth to better the lives and experiences of others and open up the same doors that were opened up for myself.

but first i would like to basque in the glory of selfishness....

 

[Mentok]

I just came home from work... Does that count

 

[AndThePickles]

If you didn't like living there, why would you want to go back? I don't think it's something you "have" to do at all. It's good to remember where you came from, but going back there doesn't prove anything.