Magic words...

Can I just say that sometimes it is so hard to understand why people think, say, and do the things that they do? We can only ever look from the outside and hope that when trying to "get in" to a person's head that we are even remotely close to understanding them. A person's beliefs about themselves will truly pave the way to their road ahead. Sadly, for some people, there is no belief in themselves at all. Mediocrity, doubt, and unused talents besiege them. They are victims of a painful past, silent observers in the present, and senseless perpetrators of an empty future. It just is so difficult to be on the outside looking in, wishing you had the words to change a person's belief system that started long before you were even in their world.