I'm better off. How about you?

[Advent Ech0]

If you've read any of my few posts here on the Escapist, you might know that I have been having girl trouble. After mountains of pain, absurdity, and junk food, however, I feel that I am a MUCH better person for having gone through the experience.

For one, I've realized that I deserve happiness and that I'm the only one who can provide it to myself. While others may augment that happiness, I should not and will not rely on them for my self-worth and well-being; that is unfair to them and extremely unfair to me.

And yes, I have been reading Ayn Rand, if anyone was wondering.

What are some moments in life that you felt were unbearable at the time, but now you are grateful to have gone through? How did these hard times make you a better person?

 

[DefunctTheory]

If you learned anything from Ayn Rand, I'm not sure you are a better person. Good for you though. Getting over women can be quite difficult.

To answer your question... 3 1/2 of the last 5 years have been an unbearable mess of crap. And they have not made me a better person, only a more cynical, emotionally dead and rage filled person. And I have another year left before I'll ever get better.

And now I'm sad. Damn it.

 

[Primate]

?I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.?
~Luis Miguel quotes

need I say more?

 

[trueluigi7]

My whole life up to this point...I mean I never lived a hard life at all compared to many others, but I have realized that I should be happy because of how easy my life is. But there are porbaly some specific times but I can't think of any.

 

[Pegghead]

On the romantic side of things I can't really say much as I have yet to get involved in that sort of thing. As for tough experiences, y'know those earth mothers who value their children like the sun and the moon and whenever their kids start having enormous tanties they'll always calmly try to reason with them? I was raised on the old philosophy, you did something naughty, you got a smack or you got sent to your room. Don't get me wrong I love my parents, and I think cruelty to children is despicable. Though considering the fact that I'm a mild-mannered guy who (To his desperately trying to not sound like a complete wanker credit) gets pretty good grades, rarely causes his parents grief and never gets in trouble with the law who's surrounded by guys who, while they are nice blokes, don't give a rats ass about their future, fuck anything with a heartbeat and smoke anything that grows when you compare the way I was raised to the way that their parents really don't give a damn about their kids you start to see the benefits of my up-bringing.