09.04.10

This saying is nothing but true - it can also be rephrased as once you've been to hell you don't want to go back.  Once you have been put through enough, you know what will really make you happy.  Once you are in that state though, I've found you have to be careful - there are people who totally understand and then there are ones that take advantage of that and try to bring you back down to where you were... maybe not intentionally but it's how it happens.  Being happy with how things are going no matter what, is the main goal and again, you can not truly be happy until you can tell the difference between that and being sad.