I believe that the text was to show how our decision are the result of our destinies. I also found that making choices is important because if we don’t make them carefully we might not have the opportunity to have another choice. Something that was interesting and caught my attention was when Wes Moore the author emphasizes “...the best we can do is give our young people a chance to make the best decisions possible by providing them with the information and the tools and the support they need.” (179) This statement he makes is true to me because many young men and women don’t have information and the tools, but most important the support of someone being there to guide them to becoming