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That is what makes us be able to tolerate incredibly stressful situations in the future. I am glad I experience a lot of it early in my life to prepare me for anything to come in the future. Did you do any fishing? I love fishing and never got a chance to go the times I was there but saw people catching huge snooks right off the rocks near Jaco Beach.

I say the same thing. Glad I went through it early and not at a worse time. It really was all a blessing because I learned and came into such great perspective that I wouldn't not want to know. I would not want to go back to the times before without the knowledge and clarity I received during those "down times".