The past is always tense, the future perfect.

I’m a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.

爱不是原因，而是结果。