The distance to greatness or friendship or forgiveness is not between us; it’s WITHIN us!

The older I get the more I realize:

all those people I thought were so “cool” and that’s why they didn’t want to talk to me or be friends,

they all were just dealing with the same insecurities & doubts I was dealing with.

Their real or perceived standoffishness was not (or is not) a sign of their arrogance or lack of interest; it’s a sign of their own struggles they’re working through.

I say it again: the distance to greatness or friendship or forgiveness is not between us; it’s WITHIN us.