It does feel strange, that when I ask all my friends to tell me some positive feedback about myself, I feel seriously awful like I'm pinning myself to a fence for military target practice.

And when it all starts streaming in, it doesn't feel bad at all.

In fact, it feels PRETTY DARN GOOD. (Forgive me for being thick-skinned, but that's the truth, it does feel good.) I've been spending the entire morning crying, and I can't tell you how weird that is, cos' for the longest, longest time now I've been trying to cry, only I never could. Now I feel like I'm being thawed out.

Everyone should do this sometime. In fact, everyone should do this for each other RIGHT NOW. I'll be spending some time these days doing compliment sheets in return.

And when I try to identify why I felt so terrible asking for positive feedback, my answer is, "Cos' I thought everyone would shoot me, or whisper comments behind my back, and say what I was doing was unbelievably imbecile." Everybody who? That's the question. I am no longer in the past.

Thanks...

This is a great world.