This piece is truly amazing and eloquent. Having read many of your pieces, and seen one of your videos, I appreciate your openness and authenticity. The themes in this piece and its responses relate to defining and cultivating a place of value in our generally shallow, warped society. I'm definitely engaged, arguably struggling, with that. It's inspiring to witness what you've defined and cultivated, and here articulated. It's uplifting that what you point to, what motivates me, is people working to exchange their best ideas with one another, improving us individually and socially.