“Nobody has walked the path that I have walked. They have not seen the things that I have seen. They must, if they truly want to understand me.”
I dunno. Isn’t that the point?
Is it really that important that I drag someone down with me to the muck I came from just to feel not alone in the struggle? No, it really isn’t. I can share my perspective without cursing anyone else with the my own burdens of survival.
It’s why we have society.
Life’s too short to learn from our own mistakes only. We have to share.