Moment of clarity

I finally get it, this late lesson in life,
I was stressing, when I've been blessed with struggle and strife,
Not killed, but made stronger,
A sore muscle is stronger,
I just wish this life lesson learned didn't take me longer,
Instead of why me, why not?
Used to complain and refrain, now I'm glad for what I got,
All my mistakes, regrets, and passed opportunity,
Shaped my past, my present struggle hasn't ruined me,
Last year life was haunting me and kicking my a$$,
Today, I feel like Neo in the Matrix, and the bad man doesn't seem so fast,
Punches feel like pinches,
Before I even move to strike, my problems and enemy flinches,
Heed my final warning, do not f%#k with me,
Because I just realized my destiny.