People Who Learned a Harsh Truth That Changed Their Lives

I went to an international school in Asia where many of the students had rich parents. Most kids were dropped off by their driver in a new Mercedes. I was there on a scholarship, and my family was working class.

I never knew why my mom would take me to school at 6 am, before anyone else was there, and park the car far away behind a big tree.

She would just tell me that exercising before school was good for me. Years later, I found out she was embarrassed about our small Mitsubishi and didn’t want the other kids to tease me for being poorer than them.