I identify with Miranda, and this is not just because she is a female, such as myself, it is because I was so much like her in my youth. Miranda not knowing much about the outside world was quite naive. She had to create a world within her mind that would represent what she thought the outside world was like. Since she had no memory prior to the island, she created a world within her mind. Her mind encompassed the world beyond the island. She fell in love with the first man she saw, fortunately for her, he loved her back, and for who she really was. That is where the similarity ends for me. I was not as fortunate. However; because of my situation, I had to deal with a lot of trauma and drama. I grew beyond my years and truly had to reach outside of the realm of the physical for strength and to survive. I learned to forgive and love in spite of what had been a painful experience. The road to adeptship allows us to see beyond this material world and reach up to the heavens. You become stronger in your convictions and because of your victory over this circumstance, you now know without a doubt there is a God and they are there for you, even when you have not always been there for them.
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