Not all who wander are lost

I have this girlfriend, Nina, and she has this brother, Nathan, and he has this cat, Whiskers, and he…
No, just kidding.
But truly, I have this friend Nina, who has this brother, Nathan who has this problem: Peer pressure.
I was fortunate enough to be among a group of friends that had the same sense of direction, when I was younger, and therefore never had an issue with peer pressure.

But poor Nathan, he suffered from ADD as a young boy, was always misunderstood (aren’t we all??), and seemed to be the pet hate of teachers. Now, with this hanging over the boy, he did everything possible to be cool with his friends. I mean everything, from buying a packet of ciggies, and selling them individually at school (junior, that is)– to stealing his aunt’s car and smashing it into a church wall! (Karma…) Nathan ended in a facility for youth delinquents, this by trying to impress so-called friends.
I am glad to announce that Nathan has turned into a mature (as mature as men can get) young man. When people hear his story, they judge, and tell all his family how lucky they are that he turned out to be such a well-balanced man. My question? If he did not endure all these things, if his family did not try to understand and see reason where there was no more to be seen. If they gave up hoping for a better future for him… Would he be this well balanced man. My point? We all wander, it simply is part of life. None of us are lost. Some of us find ourselves, others are found.