I’ve been having a tough time with some things lately and have been feeling a bit lost. I’ve reached out to people I know in “real life”, but most are too busy with their own issues to really sit down and help me sort through things.

So I did the obvious next choice, I bitched about it on my twitter.

I’m not sure whether it’s sad or amazing that I got a better response, advice and encouragement from strangers than I did from my own friends.

One in particular stood out. I received an amazing email from a person I barely know that had advice, wisdom and encouragement I needed, and the assurance that it was OK to feel the way I did. I was floored that he would take the time to do this for me.

The last paragraph of the email sent to me goes as follows:

“Next question, why do you care enough to write an email like this to some one you barely know, Ben? It’s my nature, I guess. Which is my way of saying, “I don’t know.”

I’m so relieved to find there are still people in our society that will go our of their way to help, without any personal gain to be found. I have a renewed faith in people, in a time when that faith was wavering. Not only in others, but in myself. I know that feelings like I’m having take time to heal, and might not ever go away, but that it really all depends on me.

Now i just need to renew my license, and all will be right.

Thanks Ben. See you on twitter.

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