reality check:

We are all the same.

I love to be reminded of that, because it feels new every time.

How easily we (I) forget.

For as badass and unaffected as we try to come off, we're all just one sentence away from being brought to the edge of tears, if only it was worded right... It turns out we're just not all that special, when you break it down. Beautifully unspectacular, actually.

...sigh...