Bedford by Too Many Zooz

"Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by thots in the world about them. Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of a thot into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune or the quirks of fate. Everyone has the power to say, "This thot is like this today. That thot shall make me a sandwich tomorrow." - gunslingergregi