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Dear You,

Your strength has literally blown me away. In the short while that you've let this particular stranger into your most inner fears, I've seen a person's heart that is so deep and true. Your intentions in this life seem innocent and pure and therefore I will never understand why life deals the hands it does to the people it chooses. I question more and more each day whether or not things happen with rhyme and reason or are just a complete random assignment, like pushing "shuffle" on life's CD player to see what happens when. One thing is for certain, however, and that is the fact that you've made an impacting impression on my life that I will never forget.

I don't know if I could do it, roles reversed. If I could face the world with a poker face and not let them see me collapsing to the floor on the inside. YOUR strength is an example to me. Your concern for others, while you should be concerned for yourself, makes me well up inside with an aching desire to banish the burden from your life.

Nothing anyone could say, me included, can make anything feel better. All I can do is tell you that this stranger will always listen to what you have to say. You didn't chose to be an example of courage to anyone, but you are just that to me, none the less. It's a privilege to be part of your life, regardless of how small a part it may be. It's sometimes easier to talk to those we know the least about the things that burden us this most. My ears are always open.

Stay encouraged. Your very being is a special addition to this world.

With extreme respect,
Mason Douglas.