A little goes a long way

A friend of mine, a dear one saw my essay, and from out of the blue just told me, " ...I'm proud of you." Now, he is a really good writer who can be quite the critic, so i wasn't sure whether i should take his word for it. Well, he did mean it, and he doesn't know it, but it meant the world to me.

It pretty much made my day.

(Thank you. )