Solace In Strangers

THERE'S nothing quite like finding solace in a familiar face. But sometimes, anonymity brings greater safety, especially from yourself. You dish out your heartaches to a neutral party, that is, neutral to you, and you receive more or less equally neutral advice. No baggage, no bias, no preemptive responses based on set perceptions and expectations from yourself or the other person.

Of course, after hearing cold, unprejudiced, and even bitter wisdom from a stranger, there must be someone warm and dear to run back to at the day's end.