Lyl has discovered that it is one thing to state a horrible fate for a criminal, and quite another to be the one to dish out the punishment.
She has also come to terms with the fact that even kind gifts, if not understood, can make people fear you. In fact, in general, people are afraid of anything they do not understand, without regard for whether or not it benefits them. There are times that this means you can only do so much for someone...
Lyl also has finally realized that, though hard things have happened in her life, she has not had it worst in the world. No matter what horrible thing has happened to you, someone has always had it worse. Always.
And no one has had a perfect life. It may be something different, something you would not even find traumatic, but everyone has had a terrible time in their life, events that made them re-evaluate their purpose and worth. No one escapes testing and trials, and it is not a competition to see who gets to be the biggest victim and justify their crying, so much as a proof of who can withstand the torture and keep going forward, producing good as they go. Life's struggles are not meant to be excuses, but steps to a higher plane of opportunity and growth.
Lyl took her own negative experiences and used that knowledge to help someone in the present. Instead of letting horror from the past dominate her entirely, she found a way to allow it to propel her into kindness.
Bad things happen to everyone, and when they do, they do not entitle you to kindness and giving, but should enable you to give and to be compassionate.
It took Lyl, and myself, a long time to understand that.
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