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Ah yes. Also, as you mentioned, a part of it is understanding yourself. And how you fit into everything, life and death.

I sympathize with you. Years ago I went through the worst period of my life, darkness and betrayal, pain and suffering. I lost all of my friends, my home, and it was all gone forever.

The cynicism and pessimism that resulted from it nearly destroyed my life. But I found out something important after I survived it: I’d learned how to come to grips with bad things. How to continue doing good when people harm me, how to keep moving forward when all seems lost.

I believe that you are just on the brink of the same situation yourself. And either you’ll survive and grow stronger than the difficulties, or you’ll be destroyed in it all.