Hurt people aren't always going to hurt you; sometimes, we're the best teachers. We teach compassion because we once needed it. We teach forgiveness because we once pleaded for it. We teach resilience because we've had no choice but to build it. We teach love because we know what it's like to lose it. Once we choose healing, we heal the root, so generations after will heal too. We break the cycles that broke us, turn pain into purpose, and the love that's born from that pain is healing. Hurt people don't always hurt people. We heal. We teach. We learn, too.