Love your answer. It's so true; we are the sum of our experiences. What I means is that we, are forged by our experiences, as iron by the blacksmith. Had we not lived through the hardships (as well as the good times) that we have, we would not be the people we are today... in essence, we wouldn't exist! I mean, our physical body would, but the person that we know would cease to be. And *that* would be sad, indeed.