Inspiration

"Experiences have the power to make us bitter or better."

"I choose to live the life I didn't choose,
and I plan to live the life I didn't plan."

And a poem I've heard before, and found again...

"I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to
make me strong.
I asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve.
I asked for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brain
to work.
I asked for courage and God gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for patience and God placed me in situations
where I was forced to wait.
I asked for love and God gave me troubled people to
help.
I asked for favors and God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed.
And my prayer has been answered!"
~Anonymous