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2007-12-05 at 1:00 p.m.
generally, i think i'm a strong person. things don't break me, because i won't let them. life goes on, and i go on, and even when i'm hurting inside, i don't let people see it.
but is that really strength? Adversity tests us, and only the strongest come out of her cruelties—bearing the scars to prove it. and whilst we all think we've seen Adversity, experienced the whip-lash of her whims first-hand, few of us go through experiences that ravage the soul so utterly.
your strength awes me, and we both know i'll never be able to say this to you, face-to-face, so this is my way of telling you that, even though you might not think so, i think you're one of the strongest people i've ever met. maybe you think you made the wrong decision, maybe you think it was a mistake. but i don't. it takes courage beyond what most of us have, to make that decision, and more, live with it. and you have, and you will. what most of us think of as courage is often stupidity, or a lack of foresight, and by that same token, what we think is cowardly often takes a strength that exists in too few of us.
this is my way of telling you, i think you did the right thing, and i respect you for it.
i love you, you.