There, I said it.
All of us are born with certain desires, talents, and abilities. As we grow up, those traits will change and all of us will deliberately nurture specific desires to suit our environment. As we enter our formidable teenage years, everything seems magnified. Social pressures act on us in ways we never imagined in our early youth. The drive to be accepted is overwhelming. For some, the transition is easy. Others will agonizingly fight their natural instincts. Still others will turn away entirely to live a life without those specific pressures.
Of course, there are some who were born perfectly ordinary, but through some chain of events were thrust into a roll they never expected. Perhaps never even wanted. They find themselves living a life that is totally contrary to their nature, but find it impossible to resist or leave. In time they begin to accept it, then to like it.
Regardless of how life may have played out for any of them, it is still a choice.
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