“But I do not deny the hardships. Not those in my past, not those in the present and not those I know still lay ahead.”

I’m perpetually positive myself. Although I grew up in a much safer environment, I have some self-induced bumps and bruises entirely of my own doing.
For me, they were a part of life, yet defining moments.
I’ve chosen the route of being grateful for everything- - everything - - along the way, for to spin it any other way for me would be to deny or hate or re-label some of what happened during my journey.
I’m certainly not very proud of some of my antics or behaviour and the results they produced, but I’m still the end product and I choose to be grateful for having the opportunity to make the choices I did and still end up “OK”