A Whole New World

by Liz Braswell

“Don’t let life’s unfairness, don’t let how poor you are decide who you are. You choose who you will be, Aladdin. Will you be a hero who looks after the weak and powerless? Will you be a thief? Will you be a beggar—or worse? It’s up to you, not the things—or people—around you. You can choose to be something more.”

“There’s another way. You don’t have to choose this life. You could be something more.”

Was it possible to be friends with someone you didn’t agree with?

wealth isn’t a magic lamp that suddenly erases all your problems,”