Old world meet New World...

What's Your Worldview?!?!?

Basically there is a lot of things that shape who I am, just like many others but when I boil it all down what's left over is my heritage and my family. My siblings and I happen to be the first generation born in the U.S. in my immediate family. Both of my parents are immigrants from Nigeria who had the classic story. They were looking for a better life for themselves and especially for their future children. I know there are a lot of first generation children who probably all have the same exact story but unless you are one of them, you can't really understand the pressure of having your parents' world constantly conflicting with the world that you are currently in and having the pressure of a completely different culture always directly impacting everything you do in your "U.S. life."

Don't get me wrong that YES!, it's annoying pretty much all the time because you just want to do what you believe is right within reason, obviously, but at the same time I love my family and I wouldn't have it any other way. This is where I come from and I wouldn't dare think of altering anything because if I did there wouldn't be a "me" that exist as of today. And as I've gotten older, I've grown to actually appreciate and make more an effort to embrace my heritage. That is because of the integration of both worlds that my parents and I live in, this is where the "story of me" started to take shape and currently works. In a way, I view the world through multiple sets of eyes and form my opinions and ideology but also considering that there may be more than one idea/viewpoint and why that is. All in all at the end of the day, I'm just trying to survive just like everyone else, one day at a time.