I can just so easily imagine getting consumed by resentment because you know, it's one thing for a tragic event to happen in life just because like imagine being struck by lightning. But here there was malicious human intent and they haven't even shown any contrition. And I don't want what happened to me to turn me into something that is not my best self. So if I am going to live my life, I need to be mindful of how I'm allowing myself to live it and what sort of feelings and thoughts I'm indulging in.
For our listener favorites series, many of you mentioned Amanda Knox’s story. She was just 20 years old when she was found guilty of a crime she did not commit — the murder of her roommate. Amanda spent four years in an Italian prison before she was finally exonerated and allowed to return to her life back home in the U.S. But she soon discovered that that life didn’t exist anymore.
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