YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR FATHER

You do not have to be your father unless he is who you want to be.

You do not have to be your father’s father, or your father’s father’s father, or even your grandfather’s father on your father side.

You may inherit their chins or their shoulders or their eyes, but you are not destined to become the men who came before you.

You are not destined to live their lives.

So, if you inherit something, inherit their strength. If you inherit something, inherit their resilience.

Because the only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.