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Patron Meritorious
Quote:
"Only suffering can teach compassion."
I've used that axiom to explain some of my life experiences -- I feel like some of the things I have gone through were for the sole purpose of giving me the foundation to understand what someone else is going through, and put me in a better position to help.
Patte
Patte- I have always heard that as, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger". I think that is true.
Sometimes life deals a shit hand. And we have no choice but to play the cards we're dealt. But consider this...
I have dealt with cancer in my life. But what that means is that I have a unique opportunity to help people through diagnosis and treatment. I have the perspective of "been there, done that, here's what I learned". I can't give that perspective to someone coming out of the craziness that is Scn. I was never in. I refused, even when it cost my marriage. I just believe that the God of my understanding had a different path for me.
What you have to offer is so much more than I. I can offer my peers here compassion and understanding but my experience was so much different that I can't offer anything more than an opinion and a hug.
I came to this board because I understood that the time that I was married to my ex had left a mark and I wanted to try to understand what that was. And hopefully deal with it. It is in reading you, Twin A, Good Twin, Fluffy, DOF, Alan, Grundy, Nexus, Byte, Pixie, Bea, Reasonable Lady, Emma- I could just list the active people on the board for you. I think I am finally breaking the surface of the fear that held me in that marriage for so long. At least I HOPE that is what the nightmares are about!
But you guys lived it. I lived around it. Still, I know a basic and fundamental truth. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Scn didn't kill me. Neither did cancer. That must mean I am stronger. And that means I have more that I can do.