Always be proud of the scars you carry and what you have gone through. It can be tough when you feel you are not listened to, or people are not understanding you. You want them to be able to understand but you also know when you must walk away from something. Things that were good for you can turn bad in a different season. Its why we should appreciate what we have when we have it because the next day everything can change. Be proud of where you started, what you had to go through, and where you are today. You can look back at your memories and at least understand where you were coming from. I still feel at times that I have PTSD like something happened to me, but it did not. The things you go through will change you though and there is no going back from it. This is a good thing because if everything stayed the same, we would not grow. Things would get predictable and boring, and we do not want that. We at some point crave excitement and something fresh and new. The funny thing is some people will show their true self and get laughed at and some people will wear a mask and get laughed at. Is one better than the other? This to me can also be a value and why we will not all get along. Certain things push us to certain people. Have you ever felt like you had a magnet drawn on you to someone? Certain situations keep coming up and you end up around the same people? Life is funny and to me we do not get to choose the people we like. Those things have always either happened for me or they did not. You can tell with someone quickly if it is going to be a good thing or a terrible thing. We all get those feelings, especially when meeting new people. It can be overpowering meeting all these people at once and I bet some people quite enjoy it. The things we go through and the things we enjoy. The good can outweigh the bad or nobody would be here anymore. You can always have tough days but something as simple as a TV show can make you smile for a minute. The people that can visualize themselves succeeding are really at an advantage. You believe and you will see it happen. Believe in something and watch it unfold before your eyes. Make a wish like you are doing it to a genie, try to think about what you need to get, believe you can get, enjoy gift! Break it down and get the rewards from it. Life in most cases does not end in total succeed in 1 day but over time with the things and actions you do it can be great. My goal is to be on the water some time this summer and we will see what happens. It never matters what someone else wants from life because you are not living someone else’s life. It always matters what you want from life.