Anita, I wanted to say I was thinking a lot about our talks lately and that I am very grateful we have those here. Again thank you for this and for reaching out.

you don’t have to be very careful here: you can type your words for me without much care because I will not punish you for wrong wording.

That is very kind. Of course, I would never think you would be angry or disappointed with my bad wording, yet I do not want to seem like I miss any of your valuable thoughts.

hating yourself is not kind. Whenever you feel hate for yourself, turn to empathy.

I still fail to be kind to myself. I think about that you wrote and then I forget to use it in life. Still thinking about myself as a fraud. I think I need time.

I feel less passive in general, though, more grounded. Learning to have my opinion, to be critical.

How are you, Anita?