Diary entry

I found the following words in my diary, dated Wednesday, March 20, 2002. It says

Diary is never meant to be read by another person, because diary is a reflection, and it's not your life I'm reflecting on. Biographies, at their best, seeks to tell the truth. I wonder if I'll be able to do it. Because the truth always carries at least a pinch of shame. Both in the truth itself and the process and aftermath of telling it.

Man! So much wisdom and so much truth! I can't believe I wrote that when I was, what, seventeen?