Our importance

Nothing we write in a blog will drastically change the life of another person. We write mostly for ourselves and the words go out into the universe where they may perhaps strike a chord.

We ought not to overestimate our importance and seek validation within ourselves because what is genuine behavior in others isn't always easy to read. In that sense we are self contained beings.

I had a lot of trouble believing my friend Sherry when she said that people see what you see in yourself but she was right. Instead I had thought "how could a petite Chinese girl whose own partner didn't know she's trans be so glib". But we find our authentic selves and it permeates everywhere within us and reaches the external. Otherwise a new skin is that and only that and easily seen through by others.