I grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. I never woke up saying, 'I'm an orphan again today, isn't this terrible? Poor me.'

Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer

Again Area Detroit East East Side Except Grew Hunger Little Lot Me Never Orphan Poor Poverty Saying Scarcity Side Terrible Today Up Very Where Woke

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