Do not be burdened by what life has afforded you by way of your experiences. For it was designed to prepare you for that which lies ahead. Framing your challenges and struggles in that manner helps to put those experiences into a positive perspective that you may leverage in your favor to become the desired you. Conversely, if you look at what you have been through as punishment or abandonment, then you will seek to escape that which was meant to free you from YOU so that you may become a new you… continuously.