With the struggles of MI I do not think that I would wish for it to be another way. It can be fun to think about but it can also be a depressing subject. I do not think I would have been better off without it and I can say that the things that I have gone through have probably made me a better person. I feel like if I did not have what I do then I would be something much worse. I would not be me. Parts of me have been hardened by this disease and yet others have softened. I have a compassion that I do not think I would have otherwise. I am a very open-minded person and I do not think that I would be had I not gone through what I have. I would be a very different person and I do not think I would like her.

Its funny that this is posted now, when I was in church last the subject was suffering. The pastor brought up a quote from C. S. Lewis. "Someone asked C. S. Lewis, "Why do the righteous suffer?" "Why not?" he replied. "They're the only ones who can take it."