Thanks hun, I needed to hear something like this.  I've got a bit of a "hero complex" (as my girlfriend calls it) I always fall for the lost causes, the ones with issues, with anxiety, the one with no self confidence... but I've been feeling pretty cruddy myself lately... I think I need to re-evaluate some of my relationships, write some letters, say hey look I'm trying to help you to some people, and let go of some others.  Thanks for sharing this perspective!

Wonderful article CC.

You sound like my oldest there Kathartica. And in the end, she ends up being down to their level.