Beautiful and so well put.

People always wish they could go back and make a different decision in some situation. Well dude, unless you could take the growth you had AFTER that shit you went through, you'd make exactly the same decision again.

Embrace your shit (metaphorically!). Don't throw it away. Plant it. Grow from it. If you do that your whole life, you'll have a forest of knowledge and wisdom rather than just one tree.