"Why me?" to "Why not me?"

There are many moments in our life that we cherish and wish to relive again and again, but there are also plenty that we would rather forget. I've been contemplating a lot about everything I've experienced up to this point—the people I've met, the places I've been, and the decisions I've made.

I've wasted so much time wondering why these things keep happening to me. I failed to understand why people I believed in deceived me. Does this mean I should stop believing in people altogether? I couldn't understand why I was the one who made decisions I didn't like. Why am I here, unable to get anything done?

All of this has left me feeling down and discouraged, and I've lost faith in my own abilities. I've forgotten how valuable I am to myself. The fact that there must be a purpose for me to be experiencing this period is the least of my worries right now. This whole thing might have happened for any number of reasons, and I would still have learned and realized that it was a gift in disguise.

Then I understood that it is a path to becoming one's true self. Knowing oneself and recovering the lost middle ground. The individuals who betrayed my confidence and made me feel useless taught me an important lesson: that others aren't always what they seem to be. You may put your faith in them, but you should exercise caution as well. As a result of my experiences with them, I now know that having even a single loyal friend is more than enough in this world. When one door closes, another opens, and that's when I learned how hard people work when they have to. If we never set out on the journey that begins with "Why me?", we may never reach the destination of "Why not me?"

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