Crutches Can’t Define Me2

I guess the other valuable treasure I got from the experience is a totally new way to observe anything that happens in life, which, without any doubt, will exert a mighty influence over the rest of my life <em>(a more common way to say this is: 'will affect me for the rest of my life' or 'is an experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life')</em>. If we are wise and rational enough, it’s not hard to find that everything that happens in our life is neutral <em>(instead of 'neutral,' a more common way to say this is: 'what we make of it')</em>. Though we may describe some things as disasters while and others as gifts, the truth is that themselves they are neither positive nor negative and should not be neglected. It is we who can define them! Everything has two sides and it depends on <em>(you could also say: '</em><em>is up to')</em> us to decide in what way our experience can influence us. We are the directors of our own life lives, so don’t allow experiences to define us, define them in reverse!