One evening, standing outside the building where it all began, I thought about the young man I had been. Lost. Afraid. Desperate. Now? I was stronger. Wiser. Respected.
All because of one choice: stopping to help a stranger by the side of the road.
I never got that first job. I got something far better. I got a new life. And as I stepped into the city lights, I knew—this was just the beginning.