Noticed

Remember this post? I submitted that post as my first journal assignment last week and I got it back today. I had three typos. They were indeed typos, I wrote "to" instead of "too", "few" instead of "a few" when I know the difference between the two very well and never mistake them and "to live" instead of "to live in". All right, the latter might have been a real mistake. But my typos are not what I wanted to share. It's the comment the professor made that has touched me. I glanced at some colleagues' papers and saw a line or two of comments, yet mine was drowning in the red ink. At first I thought something was terribly wrong with it but then I read it. There was an arrow pointing from a sentence (a sentence that said: I, on the other hand, did nothing.) in the text to it and this is what it said:

I'm sure that's not true! I once felt the way you feel now, but luckily I do not any more. From time to time, I do feel depressed, but I turn to work then, and it's OK soon. I wish you would realize how smart and attractive you are, instead of wasting your time and energy on gloomy thoughts.
I can also relate to you because I also had problems finding what I wanted to do in my life (I'm still not sure whether I've made the right choice) but I assure you that you have all the time in the world to decide and realize your potentials!

It almost made me cry, having read something so touching and personal, but it was also wonderful in a way, because it somehow meant that she reacted to my writing, and above all, she knew who I was, I was noticed. I thanked her for her comment as I was leaving the classroom. I hope she knew how much I appreciate it.