Some Wounds Create Wisdom
Some days, I feel as though my life is being pulled in too many directions at once. Each year seems to bring a new impossible challenge — more complex, more unexpected, more emotionally demanding than the last — and I am left trying to make sense of it all as it unfolds. And yet, despite everything, I still cannot say that my life is miserable. That realisation shocked me at first. Sometimes it feels as though I am living the lives of hundreds of different people at once, carrying fragments of their struggles, fears, responsibilities, and emotions. And somehow, in the middle of all this chaos, I remain happy. Only later did I understand why. It is because of my values. They are the foundation that gives me strength, confidence, resilience, and peace. They allow me to keep moving forward even when life becomes unpredictable. I often think of Socrates and his famous words: “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you will become happy; if you get a bad one, you will become a philoso...