Experience, in essence, begins when our plans don't go as expected. You possess the power to transform all the wounds and negativity you've experienced into wisdom. All you need to do is see things as they are and use them as a necessary force to move forward. See everything you've lived through as a helping hand extended to you to easily accept what you will experience in the future. If we view the world and our lives as a stage for our souls to grow, develop, and enrich, and our experiences as plays performed within it, and the people we interact with as fellow actors, we will transcend the material realm and protect ourselves from the traps of our ego. This perspective will give you spiritual strength instead of viewing your experiences as attacks on your existence. And as you grow stronger with this strength each day, the others within you will diminish. Leyla, a flight attendant, began writing her own story when she decided to ask herself the same question she always asked passengers about their needs. And it was only when she made her true journey not towards the heavens, but inward, that she was able to give meaning to her existence.