I began to recognize, in a more traditional sense, the value of family and love and relationships that I had previously been denied. I have since mourned the loss of a traditional family upbringing and resolved to realign my priorities to regain what was withheld from me. My recovery has progressed and I have developed coping mechanisms for survival. Along the way I have achieved a measure of financial success and security which brought a certain degree of peace after years of struggle and chaos.
Now that my own life is under control and relatively stable, recent focus on what I can do to help others has brought intense personal satisfaction to my life and tranquility beyond what I thought was possible. Financial success is still important, but from a different perspective. Now, being reasonably secure puts me in a position to help others who are not so fortunate, beginning with family and close acquaintances, while expanding into a widening circle of random acts of kindness and hopefully eventually moving toward full blown philanthropy.