"You don't mind where you are because you know where you've been..." - Carbon LeafAre all these prompts getting repetitive, or is it just me that has no imagination? It seems to me that no matter what the prompt is my answer remains the same - some angst about how terrible things were in Beleriand, at the Nirnaeth or on Thangorodrim, followed by some comment about how grateful I am that things are different now.
I think I would like to rephrase this quote.
I don't mind where I've been, because I know where I am. Had things not gone the way they did, I would have remained in Valinor, I would not even be here now. And without the experiences that shaped me through the First Age, I would be a person quite different from the way I am now.
maedhros // silmarillion