<p>O, I cannot yet claim to have experienced life-altering devastation or triumph. But searching for an apt metaphor that connects two landmark events in my life, I cannot escape the image of a sleek elevator. When I knew little, I found myself trapped in one. When I had matured a bit and acquired greater knowledge, I could press the right buttons, run a modern machine and be in command. The same elevator that had terrified me once would lift me up literally later on.</p>
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<p>That’s the introductory paragraph. If you’d like to read the rest, and help me out (which I desperately need, having been rejected during ED), please PM me. I’d be super grateful…</p>
<p>:) hopefully I get some replies.</p>