Offen people wonder why bad things happen to them. In time and with a different perspective you can see the light of even a very dark situation.

About ten years ago I was attacked raped. For a long time after I was a mess and even tryed to kill myself. This event gave me an great gift, one that I would never want to turn back time and stop me being attacked. You may be wondering how I could possibally see this as a good thing. It's because since that time I've met many people who've had the same exprience. If it hadn't happened to me then I wouldn't be able to help them like I did.

I found one of my friends who I lived with in her room in a state. She was havning a major panic attack because she had suddenly remembered being abused as a child. I was able to talk to her, calm her down and help her feel better. I could only do this because I understood the pain she'd been through. If I hadn't have been through a similar situation I would have had no empathy for what she was feeling. I don't know how she would have coped if I hadn't been there. There has been lots of other friends that I've helped in other ways.

Beacuse of this, and many other similar situations I'm greatful for what I went through because I have helped ease the pain of others. It's not easy to understand the dark times we go through, it's too easy to feel sorry for ourselves or angry at the world for what it's given us. But remember that the darkness that we go through we can transmute to light and by doing so we can help others do the same.

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