In the past two weeks, I’ve received two letters… My reaction has been completely different with each one.  The first email was a long message from a young friend who I NEVER get to see, who lives in a different state, who I even hardly talk to during the year, but he/she remembered something I’ve done for him/her, things I’ve said, and how I’ve affected him/her at that phase in his/her life which wasn’t always the easiest.  To make the long letter short, despite life’s circumstances, he never blamed me for telling him/her the truth.  Instead, the letter was just full of thanks, and it made me so humbled wondering what triggered him/her to remember me and write a letter.  The second letter was somewhat an explanation letter from another young person, just as long as the first letter mentioned, but I felt so turned off by it, not because of its content but because I’ve always felt that people should be braver and earn someone’s respect if someone’s wronged you byapproaching them directly instead of hiding behind an email, afraid of the consequences or dialogue shared.  It was like a safety letter to soften you, but instead of softening […]