As much as I tend to focus on the negative side of things, sometimes I am reminded that the world is “half-full” of wonderful people.

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I was going through my “library” and came across a book I happen to have two copies of (one was a gift). It was strange that I picked this one over the other to sort of sift through. The copy I choose happened to have a slip of paper tucked inside:

Sometimes I get into the habit of letting people know how much they affect me, and how much in awe they put me. I’ve grown out of this habit because slowly but surely, amazing people stopped showing themselves.

And so it was a pleasant surprise when I found you. You have the courage an (sic) wit that I dare not possess, but wish and hope to someday be brave enough to conquer. You are brave in things I wish I was, and I know I would not say why publicly in my website, but you just gotta know that your words, your attitude, your site, and especially the spirit you chose to show through your domain has greatly affected me. I can sit here and read you till the world’s end.

Thank you for bringing back that habit.

A stranger had emailed that to me through and about my other more personal/private website over six years ago. This came from someone who I immediately saw was so much on a different (read: higher) level than I was/still am and who in turn, after getting to know her, I completely admire/d that I was absolutely taken back by this.

I used to have this paper posted at my desk at work a long time ago—not to “show off,” but as a positive reminder that, admist the lack of self-confidence and insecurities, I might be someone “special,” too.

Anyway, when I came across her words again tonight, just as it did before, it… just really made a huge difference I couldn’t even begin to describe.