Some of us have experienced love hate and everything in between, I know I have. I have experienced great joy, and great pain. Because of that, I am capable of empathizing with others that have, are experiencing what I've already been through. The experience, is a gift. It has never felt like a gift when I received it, but I know now, they were gifts. Each designed by my Father to prepare me for the next. There were incidents like the following before these, but they happened too early in life to understand pain. I believe even that was by design, I was probably 5 or 6 when my Grandfather died around 1960. Just thinking right now my Grandmother died at about the same time I lost my mind, and did the stupidest thing I've ever done, I left home, I was fourteen. Interesting, I hadn't realized that till today. A gift, I got from being part of this class, and wanting to let someone, I care about understand, I understand. I learned since then better ways to deal with pain like that, than things like that. And, I am willing to share those with anyone who wants that kind of help. Because like I said before, it's a waste of my time trying to help someone, who doesn't want, or doesn't think, they need help from, me. Since then my only brother died, around 1992. My second wife died, July 25th 1997. I had a car accident April 11, 2008, that made it impossible for me to play my favorite sport, basketball, has forced me to retire early, and change careers. I'll be close to 60 when I graduate. My favorite son went missing, and was murdered, sometime between March 1st and March 27th 2009. And the police won't investigate. I'll have to do it. My mother had a stroke and died about a week later, when we had to take her off life support December 27, 2011. All painful events. I haven't had a drink or did any drugs, that aren't prescribed by a doctor, since April 6th 1991. There are much better ways to deal with pain, life's good, I enjoy it. Hope you have a great day too. I don't have a degree, only experience, I happen to believe experience, is a really good thing, A gift.