I would say that I broke my own mold. Or maybe it isn't that I broke my own mold but that at age 21 I became brave enough to openly live my values and beliefs rather than squelch them to try to make others, such as my parents, happy. My decisions at that time radically changed my life, but it was a matter of either losing a great deal but being able to live with myself or compromise who I truly was for others.

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Communication is the key.