Sky, I wish I could explain it better.

I happened upon a post by Dr Clay this morning and this explains so well what I want. I don't know how to do the quote box, so I copied and pasted his paragraph in its entirety and am bolding the part that explains what I want.

"My wife went to see the movie, Freedom Writers, last weekend. I thought it was good. It documented the good that can come from freely expressing your feelings (and the causes of those feelings) to people who will listen with concern to your situation and your sorrow. The students were certainly in emotionally frustrating situations--they hated each other; they hated their violent situations; they had a lot of needs that were not being met and they had little hope their dreams would ever come true."

ECHOES