Without the Bad; the Good Disappears

I read and shared a quote recently that said, 'sometimes it takes a  good fall to know where you really stand.' I couldn't agree with this more.

I guess you can say that recently I 'fell' but through the midst of the pain, tears and hurt I have learned a lot about myself. 

Sometimes I think people miss the point and don't understand why we experience suffering and heartache, but if we never experienced the hurt we wouldn't appreciate the good. Without the bad, the good disappears. 

To an extent, falling is a good thing. It means that you stood for something at one point and you believed in it. I'd rather stand for something than nothing at all because if I didn't then I would never fall to realize what I SHOULD stand for.