Its a funny thing, but not haha funny, more a knot in your stomach funny, that people are such strange and selfish creatures. But its not the people that look at their experiences and demand that they are forever valid, that the way they felt then is they way they will always feel that that make sense. To shape a world based on the mistakes made, not on the growth that happened is a sorrowful and pathetic holier-than-thou existence. It is the people that had the disadvantage, that didn't understand but finally, finally could realize and grow from their pain that are what we should strive to be. An individual that can grow and accept situation and move on without holding a grudge, those are the people that we should want to be. Deciding to never change because to change who you are makes you weak is an immature notion. To change who you are or what you are just to please someone, oh yes, that will result in very little good, most of the time. But to discover who you are and change because change is what is needed to continue on and be fruitful in life, that is what true strength is. It is to decide that "old me just doesn't know enough" and to want to reach out for new things to understand new things and to be new and someone that you can love without wondering all the dark "what ifs" in your mind. It's not cheating to need help, to need a hand to hold as you walk into the new darkness, a place that is dark only because you haven't lit it with your luminescent footsteps. A place that is uncharted but wonderful. There are monster and ghouls out there. And it can be scary to be alone, but alone or with the people you care about a journey to better yourself and find peace is never something that shines as weak.