Interesting. . .

It's amazing that people around you will ask for something that they themselves cannot give in return.  Not so long ago, I stopped asking someone for something because I wasn't ever going to get it.  This morning, this person asked me for validation (i.e., I lost 20 pounds and you didn't even notice) and I was stunned into silence.  I was stunned because I used to ask this person for that type of validation and at that moment I realized I no longer needed (or wanted) it from that person.  It was a freeing moment.