IT’S NEVER TOO LATE!

Well, I want to take this opportunity to (re)introduce myself to everyone who is involved with our project! Although, I am the newest member of the P2W family in Orange County, I actually worked for this amazing organization, many years ago, when it all began!  Unfortunately, I had to take a job closer to home but when the opportunity to return presented itself, I couldn’t pass it up.  There were simply too many great memories of helping kids find a better way in life and I knew it was meant to be.  I’m so excited to be back on board and I just want to share with you that it is a great privilege to work with people of all ages, and help make a difference in the community and also encourage you that no matter where life leads you, it’s never too late to do what’s right!

 As I’m sure you know, with the decisions we make in life, there are consequences for all of our choices.  When we chose correctly we get benefits and rewards and when we chose poorly there are often costs or penalties!  What I feel is important though is that we take the opportunity to reflect on our decisions, and we use them to mature into the kind of people we want to be!  It’s so important how we perceive things after the fact, I have personally turned my life around and I believe that it’s no coincidence that I now have the opportunity to share about lessons that I’ve learned from my crazy life. I believe that life is a learning experience and along the way we all make mistakes.

 The important thing about making mistakes is learning from them and not repeating them. Everything that I’ve gone through in my life has shaped me to become who I am today.  So, I want to be clear, it’s not my purpose to obtain sympathy or defend criminal conduct but to prove that it is never too late to change!  That in fact we should all learn from our past and be people of character who know when to draw the line in the sand and say “enough is enough!”  I know you might be reading this and thinking that you have life figured out but I want to challenge you to recognize that it’s never too late to live life and view life in a new way!

Audie Estrada

Orange County Instructor