opened eyes, that first realization, that understanding that comes like a flash, knowing why, points of view changing, rotating to become your own, and walking in someone else's shoes, but finally understanding, what was once so foreign, so closed, is now clear as day, and so open, and free. it makes so much more sense now, and now knowing, knowing now changes what decisions lie ahead, for such knowledge affects all matters that come later, for such is the weight of such knowledge. but knowing it, for i am better because of it.