Learning a lesson in life

I met this person who told me a sob story. So to anyone reading this, it must be like wtf, it's just another sob story right? Well, listen up cause here's a story with a valuable lesson in life.

Ever since she knew what was going on around in her world, she's been living in a foster home. And her foster parents were abusive towards kids. She and her brother was then brought to live with their grandmother. Shortly after, her mum died when she was 8 leaving her with no knowledge of who her paternal father is. Her brother and her then moved into another house where they were locked down like prisoners. She had the common bout of drug issues during her teenager lifehood and was in several group homes appointed by Child Protection Services. She ran away from them repeatedly and her life was messed up totally by the guys she met and pretty much everyone around her. Despite so, she continued striving hard and attempted to get back into school when she was 18. But so it happens that she got pregnant and had to give up her studies once more. Now, she struggles to make ends meet working long hours each day and never forgetting her dream of completing her studies.

Sounds like the stories you watch on TV? Well, it isn't what happened to her that is surprising. It's her attitude towards her past and life that is pretty damn impressive. She ended her summary of her life by saying to me, "I don't ever dwell on the past, things happen for a reason and that's why I'm here today. It doesn't matter what decisions have been made wrongly previously, it's the actions today that matters now."

I couldn't reply her. She had so much maturity for a 22-year-old that's been through some shit. She makes me feel shameful of myself. I've been gribing and bitching about my life and thinking I've been through some tough shit and I shouldn't be deserving this or that. And she just looks at me and continued "Everyone has their own story to tell, whether it's tough anot it's all about perspective and how you look at it. I don't feel ashamed about my past and neither do I want people to pity me when I tell them about it."

It's probably also the way she views her past that really sends a bolt through my mind. It's awakening to me. Maybe you can't feel it reading through the words I type, but I really want to share this with people because I think it is probably the biggest life lesson I've ever learnt. And especially from someone I'd never thought I could learn things from.