If you subscribe to the notion that we are all on this earth to learn lessons for our soul's growth, it would then follow, as surely as day follows night, that we are placed in our life's situations to best facilitate that growth. I was
born into a family filled with love, though not always demonstrable, and about as much dysfunction as anyone else's. The middle child, I questioned many things in my early years, but I never questioned my mother's absolute devotion. She was the rock on which I stood, the person who let me know my future was limitless, bound only by my imagination and determination.
I grew up with enough self esteem to allow only positive souls in my life, and the wherewithal to walk away from those who would tear me down. It was only as an adult that I found out not everyone was fortunate enough to have this framework. I had friends whose mothers were incapable of nurturing their children for whatever their own pasts had or had not provided. It was incomprehensible to me that a "mother" would not be there for you, or worse, would belittle or abuse you.
Every time someone comes into my world, having had this experience, I realize just how blessed I was. I want to wrap my arms around them and take away their pain. But we are all the composite of our experiences on this earth, both good and bad, so all I can do is be there for them, and say a silent prayer for the future.
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