“Think of my life like this:
Is it possible that all the horrors I’ve experienced have been staged for me, that I may become a playwright and depict all states of the soul and all situations. I was a playwright at age twenty. But has my life passed peacefully and tranquilly, I would have had nothing to portray” – Anon
This is another example of how enlightenment is partly about a change in perception and that change can happen over time. The author of this quote has begun to realise what seemed like ‘horrors’ at the time were actually events which had a positive side.
See also a story with a similar theme: Good Luck and Bad Luck