In a culture of isolation through self-sufficiency and self-reliance, we don't always see the needs in others for encouragement and uplifting. There are lonely people out there, especially men in a culture that takes manic glee in cutting and slicing at men and their masculinity. Women are great encouragers toward one another, but we men...we have to get past the deeply seated need to project strength to a world that's mostly indifferent and cold.