Believe

I was born and raised in a tough neighborhood but growing up as a child was good. Although I didn’t have everything I had enough to survive. Both of my parents lived with me along with my two brothers.

It wasn’t until my teenage years when I started experiencing “gang life.” My middle school was horrible. I lived next to
another infamous neighborhood . My neighborhood was full of Hispanics and of course, we always rumbled with our rivals. As I think back I couldn’t believe how young those kids were who would bring guns and knives to school. I got caught up in middle school but I survived. Some didn’t though. I had many classmates and friends die simply because they belonged to a gang.

There’s always hope though and I’m living proof of that. After getting away from all the violence I finished high school. Now i’m in my third year of college and I’m still going. I have a good paying job at an accounting firm and I have a daughter. Thinking back I realize that everything I went through as a boy made me the man I am today. It was tough but I survived. It could have been worse.

So to all you gang bangers who think there’s nothing better life can offer to you, you’re wrong. There’s always hope out there no matter how bad your situation is.

Never give up and hold your head up high.
BELIEVE!!!!!! R. Guerra

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