This is from so long ago, but at the time I was convinced that there was something wrong with me. And because there was something wrong, I believed that I was a wrong person. Eventually I realized that there wasn[t anything "wrong" it was just that I am what I am. Somewhere I read a statement which has stuck in my mind ever since. I don't know who said it but it goes like this ---What matters is not so much where we are at, as it matters what direction we are headed in.