we are all broken

By the time you’re an adult (and sometimes much sooner), just about everyone is broken.  Everyone has experienced pain.

The difference is whether you use your own brokenness to empathize, or if it’s an excuse to wall others away.

Whether you use your pain to help others, or to hurt.

And if you haven’t already, see if you can contribute anything to help a Navy Vet and his family who recently lost everything in a fire:
https://bit.ly/helpVetandKids