We are all the way we are because of our experience and the ways in which we were brought up or taught to believe. As we progress in our thinking and learning, we can take our experiences and use them constructively. For example, I suffer from manic depression, as they call it. As a result of having this affliction, I suffer in illogical ways. This is beyond my understanding and it is beyond the understanding of doctors. The only thing they can do is prescribe pills. But I can take my experience and apply that in real life by becoming a mentor to someone who also suffers. I can become a counselor, a writer, a musician, a brick layer... it does not matter. If I can be a good influence on one person a week or even a day, then I have found a valuable form of success. I think it works like that for all of us.