We all just gotta trudge our own path. I LOVE reading writing of simiilar minded writers, I ADORE seeing the way they weave their stories. And I learn from them. I'm crazy competitive... but this is with myself, not others.

I believe in community first and foremost. I feel the prickles of "fake" friends, those who stay close as they really see me as a threat or an enemy, I bolt the opposite direction.

If I cheerlead for someone it's genuine. And I know that is the same with you. You have a beautiful skill of raising people up. It's a wonderful and sadly diminishing trait. :-)