I know from personal experience how fear and low self worth can cripple one's ability to succeed in life. But with a little support, caring and inspiration, miracles can happen.

Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.

The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't that good.

Only by fully experiencing fear, can you ever hope to control it.

The foundation stone of all philosophy is self-knowledge and being true to thy self. A person must address an inner necessity in order to realize the fundamental truth about oneself, seek self-improvement, and gain knowledge through experience.

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.