ok.

so I just was struck, after reading j's post, about being grateful for cages. I have never been about to explain it, or even really understand it, but there is definitely something to be said about having gone through dark waters.

Because it makes the calm ones all the more peaceful.

Having run from things makes you appreciate strolls.

It is the valleys that make the peaks so beautiful.

Sure, I'm not grateful or happy about some of the things I have been through. But I do have to graciously accept that they have made me a stronger person. That I have come out of the last 21 years victorious because I survived.

There's something to be said for knowing that there is very little out there that could overcome you.

I have been made strong at the broken places.