One of the things that you will be asked to do in the pages that follow is to abandon a mind-set in which you live the remainder of your life as if you are still experiencing your trauma. You may argue that given what you went through you are permanently damaged or scarred, that your baggage will be with you forever. I’m not here to tell you to get over it. I’m here to help you get past it. I will make the argument that you’re richer now — stronger, more empathic, and more in touch with your core values — than you were before you were challenged by what you went through. I don’t just believe that trauma survivors can go on to live rich, happy lives; I believe that they’re uniquely suited to do so.
— Alicia Salzer, MD, Back to Life, p. xxiv-xxv
A wonderful example of reframing a negative into a positive. Surviving a trauma at least gives us empathy for those who are suffering.” Who can take away suffering without enter in into is?” H. Nouwen