RULE TO BREAK
“You are the product of your genes”
It’s certainly true that your genes play a big part in who you are. But you’re no slave to them. You can change a great deal about yourself despite your genetic inheritance. You may be stuck with most of your physical characteristics (though it’s amazing how much difference cosmetics can make) but you have plenty of control over your character, your outlook, your values, your attitudes, your understanding, your achievements.
You must have seen siblings who have grown up together and then taken very different paths in life. Maybe your own parents and their brothers and sisters did, or your grandparents, or close friends. One stays close to where they grew up, and the other goes off into the ...
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