It's because I want you to be great that I'm telling you this.....

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These are the words that prefaced a conversation that a very good friend had with me yesterday. I was not expecting to have this conversation, but I wanted to mention it because I am so grateful to her for having the courage to call me on something that I have been doing in a particular area of my life. In a past life I would have been unable to take this advice as it was intended, and instead would have taken it as a criticism. But I can see how far I have come now that my response to such candid advice is gratitude. Thank you Schmoops - you're the best.