Just One

I recently had an exchange with a friend that reminded me of a similar conversation I had with someone long ago, wherein we talked about how important it is for everyone to have, at least, someone who believes in them and is on their side. That single tether, that stand-alone validation can go a long way towards stemming the erosion of self-doubt and the fatal blow of disbelief in one's own character. The fact that we even see ourselves as having 'character' means that we need to be in each other's stories, and, very often, need to be written as the protagonist in our own story, which can only happen relative to the other 'characters' in our story. Think about that before you withdraw from the pages of someone else's life.