One of my good friends posted this quote to my fb page today, she is so wise! "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not." I love this! Perhaps there's a clue there for me to see, that all of these good people who are my friends, wouldn't BE my friends if I wasn't who they perceive me to be. You know? Like, if I AM the stupiddumbhorrible person I have most of my life believed myself to be, then they wouldn't be my friends, would they? But aha - if I am the loving, caring person that THEY see me to be, perhaps I should start thinking of myself that way, too. Hmm... hmm... major growth moment....