Forged by Fire

There is more to pain than pain itself.

The pain that you experience in life isn’t meant to utterly destroy you and cripple you for life.

Pain exists to make us stronger. Stronger for ourselves. Stronger for others. Stronger for a cause, a purpose.

It’s certainly no fun to suffer, but what makes the suffering less painful is when you realize that it’s not happening to you; it’s happening FOR you.

I felt a great deal of pain growing up in the family that I did, and through the school life that I had. And while I’m not thankful to the people responsible for making my journey so unnecessarily agonizing, the truth is I would probably not be nearly as strong as I am today had I had the life I wanted.

If I had a heartwarming family and a super tight friends circle at school, and if I had a support system when I needed it most, I would not be where I am today. I would not be posting the content that I have for the past several years.

I’m able to do what I do because of how I was forged by the fires of my youth. Being repeatedly hammered from a young age made me strong, just like how a sword is made…