Sounds like a very valuable life lesson was attained via this rather lengthy period of turmoil - and although it may seem like the lesson was not proportionate to the loss - I think it was and it certainly sounds like you came out tops - the REAL "tops".
Not on quite as grand a scale - I too have lost everything before. My first property (which I managed to purchase at the age of 20), my first business which I built from the ground up... also at the same time and age - and pretty much all my materialistic assets. - And also because of someone very selfish.... my husband of 8 years. He too, felt like our money was better spend on his hobbies (drag racing to be specific) and he literally bled us dry. Being stupid enough to get married in community of property... I lost everything eventually. Have gone through the whole debacle of sheriffs visiting and taggin all your most precious possessions and then auctioning them off, moving from a beautiful house to a bachelor flat the size of a ticky stamp etc. And as if that was not enough, I had my first and only child with him and two months after he was born we walked out on us to go live with his "greener grass on the other side", left me with no car, and again... a business to run - the second business which we started (but I was the brains behind) and oh, let's not forget, a new born baby to manage in the mix as a now single mom.
It was a rough time - but I survived, as you do and you know what.... I would not change it for anything in the world! I too, learnt many valuable lessons not only about life but about myself too and I have grown enormously as an individual over the years and for that I am ever grateful.
Life sure has a funny and rather brutal manner in which it teaches you the lessons that you need to learn.
Ten years later now, I managed to successfully run my business for another 9 years until I decided to walk away and handed it over to my manager who had toiled with me for all 9 of those years... I had had enough and I wanted something different for my life... something that ENRICHED my every day - something that allowed me to be proper mother to my son with time availability and a LOT less stress all round! and so... here I am haha!!! Crypto has made be poorer by the day, but hey.... I AM HAPPY!!! :D
What a miraculous journey!
You know what I love about this? The way you just rattle off what happened as if it ain't no thing but in reality at the time it was probably the most devastating thing you'd experienced! It shows how far you've come, how it's empowered you and made you a better version of you...The same, but more.
We learn about ourselves at times like this...Sometimes is breaks and at others, like with you, it strengthens; Lessons we need to learn? Yes, I think so, and lessons we may not learn but for that adversity. You obviously had no choice but to push on and own it you did!
I must admit, when you said drag racing I was relieved...I thought you were going to say drugs which could have taken the story in different directions although the result was the same in the end...@Jaynie rises from the ashes like a phoenix!
Thanks for sharing this. If I was with ya I'd give you a fist bump, or probably a hug, so...yeah, you'll have to administer said physical contact yourself. Proceed.
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Well that was a different time in my life and an entirely different story - but yes, like you said... same result at the end of the day so, no regrets to be frank.
Well as long as it is not a head butt! hahahaha!!!
Life goes on... that is the one thing I have learnt well... that, and the fact that every situation and circumstance is a teacher of some kind... so - learn what you can, grow to the best of your ability and at a pace that works for you and most importantly... just enjoy it all because you never know when it will end :)
Apologies for the delay in responding. I was in a queue at the hospital when I wrote the original reply to you and have just had so much on my plate since. Off to surgery at 5am tomorrow... hoping all goes well... wish me luck and advanced apologies again for delays in responding to anything you may reply to this haha!
Have a lekker weekend!
I love how you look at adversity, probably because it aligns with the way I approach it also. It's great that you've triumphed and are moving forward...Adversity may strike again, but you're more prepared through the last episode.
No worries on the late response, not an issue at all. An operation? I'd say have a lekker operation but that's probably not the right things to say...How about have a successful one! Yeah, that works better.
Keep us apprised on how the op went ok?
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Thank you @galenkp :) Much appreciated!