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I  guess a hard time in my life when i was ready to give up was when my mom had got deported while i was on vacation in Mexico. It was a very difficult period of time for me because i had to come back from vacation to try to start school and i had to do everything on my own without my parents. The good thing was that my aunt was always there for me if i were to need anything. It wasn't all easy because i started to fall behind in school. There was a point where i was just stressed out and had so much to do i just had so much on my mind but then i started to think about the situation more and i needed to better myself and try to work better in school to try to become a better person for my family and actually try to do something with my life. I was just trying to make the situation a little better instead of just quitting and making things worse. That's when i got back on track my sophomore year. Now I'm just trying to graduate and better everything.

 

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us."
This quote means that people are scared use there all that at the end they will end up with nothing, and they wont have anything to look forward to, thinking that if at the end the do what the have wanted to do there would be no point in life because they have done what they always wanted, and that frightens many.

 

The quote relates to the Crystal merchant because he is scared that if he goes on to Mecca he will have nothing to live and look forward to after he gets back, he is also scared of change he doesnt know who to leave his shop to if he were to go to Mecca. Thats why he tells Santiago that his dreams are different from his.