Everybody has a different part to play in life. Our first responsibility is to ourselves. You utilized your resources well, and you've also helped others do the same. There should be no shame in that.

Men who wish to control others use shame as a weapon. You can agree to an unjust war or be called a coward. Nobody should have to make that choice. You are also a casualty of this war.

Naturally, hindsight tells you things you would have done differently if you had known things you didn't know--but that's the thing: you didn't know them.

This experience is giving you valuable knowledge to share with us. Thank you for that.

It will inform you for the future. Wherever you go, you will not miss signs that trouble is ahead, the way you might have before. Perhaps if you can focus on that aspect of it, you won't feel so much shame.