Actually, Mary Alice, I see you in the category of those who are able to care about themselves just enough to believe that others care, and to accept love and caring from others. You just don't always realize it.

I think that you are doing just a little better than you think you are.
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Wendy
<font color=green>"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible" Carl Jung</font color=green>
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“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.”
– John H. Groberg