"The Mission" to do the right thing

I read the book "The Mission" by Jason Myers. It is very similar to his last book "exit here." which I did a blog post about last week. I decided to read this book because it was from an author that I really like (Jason Myers). Also, Isaac recommended this book to me, and he knows some really good books. And, once again, I was sucked into a great book from a great author. I read it in 3 days.

But, this book was very saddening.  This kid, Kaden, goes to California for a week with his uncle who parties everyday and is a druggie. And, in that week, his life is almost completely ruined. Now, I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but it made me think. His life has been screwed up because of other peoples decisions. I think it is extremely unfair, and why should he have to pay for other peoples bad decision? And, as in other Jason Myers books, Kaden turns to drugs and alcohol. Although, it was Kaden's idea to turn to drugs and alcohol, it wasn't his idea for all this drama to happen before he was born to affect him in the future.

If this had happened to me I'm not sure how I would react at first. Probably some mixed feelings of confusion and anger. There are many ways I could face this problem. But, a lot of them aren't very good solutions. I could, for example, do what Kaden did and turn to drugs and alcohol. Or, I could just lock myself away from the rest of the world. The issue that Kaden had to face was horrible, and I believe no one should have to face the same problems as he had to. So, as a way to at least try to stop this issue, I want people to stop and think, what would be the right thing to do? Or, how could this affect me and someone else in the future? Then, maybe, people realize that some things are better off not doing.