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None of us can predict the final outcome of our actions; most of us just do what we do to prolong a moment's pleasure or to stop the pain. And even when we act for the noblest reasons, the last link of the chain all to often drips with someones blood

Jaded but wiser for it? Hopefully
All things, good or bad, happen for a reason. Its up to us to learn from it.
That which does not kill you just makes you weaker for the next #$%% thing that tries to kill you.