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Is what Stephen Colbert saying accurate.

I point to his self realization he shares, stating verbatim, that you can't choose what you are grateful for in life (even if it's unfavorablly done to you.)  He also said to exist is enough.

I suppose I connected with this on my own personal level.  

When I was in university, I came across professors in my philosophy major that stated I couldn't do philosophy.  It taught me a lot.  It taught me that I could.  Because I didn’t need the validation.  

At the time I suffered a nervous breakdown.  I felt devastated.

 But as I said: I didn’t ask for validation.  Ever.  It came to that.  I did not ask this particular prof what he thought.  He volunteered the information. It went unsolicited and it hurt me.  He hurt me.  His intentions were dishonest.  Borderline narcissistic.  All in a false attempt to ruin me.

But - this is the truth.  Truth of it all.

And the bigger truth in all this is that he enabled me to never give up despite his best efforts to derail me and his misgivings.

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