I was talking to a woman who had come for help with a life-long struggle she had had. She had spent 39 years trying to overcome the problem that she felt had shut her out of the world. Along the way, she had gone to schools, both public and private, to receive help. They referred her to different places and people, had given her various remedial help, and had filled her with information that she believed to be true about herself.
The people that tried to help her were either uninformed or arrogant beyond belief since the information they gave her was way off the beaten path from reality and the best science. But, she believed them. It was information that she considered to be better than her own information and was given to her by sources she trusted.
After dealing with the misinformation, the woman was able to do some things for the first time that she had longed to do her entire adulthood. It's a work of beauty to see people free themselves from misery after enduring it for so long, and it is a work of discipline to provide information that others lack. And, it's a work of disgust to observe what others have placed on someone because of ignorance and laziness. Total disgust. Needless, And a thousand more expletives for people like that.
I am so glad to see this woman blossom, restore her happiness, and renew her dreams as she accomplishes the steps to normalcy.
For this woman I have nothing but admiration for her determination. For the many who failed her I have nothing but a wish that their own Dark Ages approach to problems closes in around them.
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