People are not always out to get you, but there are times when they do.  Chances are the person was close to you -- best friend, relative, parent, lover, child or spouse.  There's an even better chance that you deeply loved and trusted the person.  Perhaps they betrayed you.  Abandoned you.  Stole from you.  Or failed to return the emotional commitment you made.  No matter how traumatic the wrongdoing or end of a relationship may be, the good always outweighs the bad.  If you have one bad memory, you have two positive ones.  If you learned one new thing about yourself or another person, you know more than you did when you started.  If you learned in this relationship what not to do in the next, you are better for it.  If you learned patience, faith, trust, humility or what a truly strong and powerful person you are, you have treasures you will never lose.

- Iyanla Vanzant