From your youth, what beliefs, ideas, or dreams have not worked out as you planned?

I was raised in a rabidly fundamentalist Christian family who thought homosexuals were subhuman. I was a leader in several clubs including the Future Farmers of America and Future Business Leaders of America.

I am no longer Christian. I am gay and glad. I’m not a farmer nor a business leader. There are more things I could go on about, but I want to hear yours.

What beliefs did you hold in your youth that no longer hold true for you? What ideas have you changed your mind about? What dreams did you have that have morphed into other realities?