I look at the glass half full. The CPA, for me, is a blessing in disguise.
I was homeless for about 24 months at age 21. Failed 2nd year business school. Was clinically depressed. Wages garnished and vehicle seized. I got fired from two jobs. I lived with other homeless people under bridges and overpasses with little as possible. Cold and scared, I didn't know where my life was headed.
Then Salvation Army, and local charities gave me food, water, shelter and a base from which I could start life again. At 23, I was fresh and got a job. Graduated from college the following year doing full-time school. I'm 25 now, studying to become a CPA, manage my parent's business, have a great car and I also own a house I bought recently. I'm also a singer and am part of a quartet where we perform at a competitive level. Late nights I head to the gym to keep my body and mind fit.
So, my adversity led me here. I believe most people my age haven't been thru what I had been thru. I took on a storm and won. I'm passionate, aggressive, ambitious, dedicated, focused, have the drive to succeed, not afraid to fail. It shows the way I talk and behave. I'm thankful to God that I'm doing CPA but this isn't where it will end! My brother will become one of the youngest doctors in Canada at 24. With his money, we will invest, invest, invest. CPA is a short-term goal, but it has become the starting point of my life where things go the way I wanted to. Going from homeless to this, only God knows how, he helped me and I've made it a point to stay positive and try my best and dream big.
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