It's during those moments when we're tested most that it's, "damn hard to be a decent human being".

It's so difficult. Yet, it helps enormously when we know this, Ria.

You write wonderfully with experience beyond your years. There's so much in your thoughtfully-constructed article that I suggest would serve as a valuable reference for young people in an increasingly expectant and pressurised world.

I've forwarded it on to my eldest daughter who is a similar age to yourself and believe your learnings will help her negotiate some of the challenges she's currently facing.

You've clearly already discovered that there are many ways in which to shine as a human being

Continue striving to be such a decent human being and for personal enlargement.

Never stop. Always bear in mind that there's another larger nesting doll evolving.