Reflections on Discounted Dreams

Reflection

Discounted Dreams

In the movie Discounted Dreams, the main characters faced many challenges; some that were not by choice and some that were by choice. Though, the main characters shown in this movie were able to overcome most of their challenges and go to college. One of the characters that I found to be the most prominent in the movie was Mr. Sosa, the student who was going to college to become a chef. Some of the things that I remember about Mr. Sosa is that he had a tough childhood; growing up being part of a local gang, and being from a lesser fortunate family household. Though with everything that Mr. Sosa went through, he was able to overcome all those challenges and go on to live the life that he wanted for him and his family. Mr. Sosa and his family now are living in a home in a neighborhood that they are proud to say they live in, where as before Mr. Sosa went to college and got his degree for Culinary, they were not happy to say they lived in.
This is just one of the many examples that were brought up in the movie, Discounted Dreams, but to me; in my opinion, Mr. Sosa’s story is one that I believe is most impressive. Mr. Sosa was able to overcome his past life and not let the past control him, and he did not blame anyone else for his mistakes. I believe that Mr. Sosa going to college was a good choice for him and has made his life more like what he wanted for his family. Though, I do not know Mr. Sosa personally, from watching the movie; I could tell that he is happy with what his choices are now.
In my life there has been choices that I had no control over and that is life, we just have to learn from the choices that we have made and move on from them. Although, there has been and there will choices that I will have control over and I hope that I will be able to learn from those choices, whether they are good or bad; I hope to take away a message from the choices I make. I thank God everyday that I am alive because I am aware that there are some choices that I have made in the past where I could have died, but I have learned from them; and I plan to use them to help others hopefully not make the same mistakes that I did. I coach volleyball to younger students. I have coached for two years now and I have had a handful of different kids to deal with, but not one player on my team did I not know. I made it a promise to myself to make sure I was aware of my kids. I made sure that they all got along with me and each other. I didn’t want my kids to blame me or any other adult for their choices; so when we had practice and they would miss the ball or something else of that mistake nature, and they would try to blame someone else, a consequence was given to show that whoever made the mistake would have to deal with what comes next.
I know how hard life can be for some people, but it how they chose to deal with their life that defines them; not the past itself.