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Topic: In the spirit of forgiveness...
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alchemiest
Knowflake Posts: 699
From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted April 04, 2005 02:51 PM
 
.. .can't we all let go and move on?
Maybe I shouldn't be the one to post this, because I am definitely not the most (or even one of the more) active members on this forum. I'm so much more of a lurker!
BUT... I am going to say this anyway, because I feel that I need to say it for me if not for anybody else. With all the tension that has recently been running amok all over LindaLand, it seems (to me, at least) that all parties involved are partly to blame. There has been what could be construed as a 'ganging up' mentality directed towards some relatively new posters, both, where posts have been rude, as well as where the poster targeted has been instigated into saying something. At the same time, a lot of posters, new and old alike, are becoming increasingly personally rude towards each other in their posts.
This has got to stop! I mean, come on, we're all adults here (mentally at least, even if some of us may not be legally so chronologically). Yes, you see strife like this every day in life around you, but you know what? This is a place where you are given the opportunity to rise above that, surrounded by like-minded souls. Why are you throwing that away? Seriously, don't.
Don't let your ego get in the way. If you know that you have posted something that has hurt someone else, acknowledge it and apologize to the person that you hurt, not necessarily because of what you said, but because of how if affected them!
Nobody likes to be disrespected. Nobody likes to be targeted. And nobody should have to go through something that makes them feel that they have been! So please, accept responsibility for your actions and words and use them wisely and with discretion. Yes, the world is not a perfect place. Yes, everyone, even the most enlightened of them all, goes through the odd rough day. But at the same time, with every effort we make to reach higher and beyond hurtful behavior, we get one step closer to that perfection. All I'm asking is, give it a try. 
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marcia
Knowflake Posts: 829
From: NYC
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted April 04, 2005 03:02 PM
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alchemiest
Knowflake Posts: 699
From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted April 04, 2005 03:03 PM
PS: I include myself in the broader 'you' the post refers to. I would not dream of addressing something to everyone else and acting as though I were immune to the very influneces I mentioned. (I re-read my post and thought I should say it, just in case it sounded as though I were doing that )------------------
That's right, we're philosophers. We think therefore we am. IP: Logged |
marcia
Knowflake Posts: 829
From: NYC
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted April 04, 2005 03:08 PM
*gives alchemist a hug*IP: Logged |
alchemiest
Knowflake Posts: 699
From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted April 04, 2005 03:10 PM
a big warm  to you!  IP: Logged |
marcia
Knowflake Posts: 829
From: NYC
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted April 04, 2005 04:16 PM
bumpHELLOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 13411
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted April 04, 2005 04:23 PM
.. .can't we all let go and move on? posts have been rude, as well as where the poster targeted has been instigated into saying something. This has got to stop! If you know that you have posted something that has hurt someone else, acknowledge it and apologize to the person that you hurt, not necessarily because of what you said, but because of how if affected them! So please, accept responsibility for your actions and words and use them wisely and with discretion. Great post alchemist. I agree. IP: Logged |
Gooberzlostlovefound
Knowflake Posts: 1205
From: and the embers never fade in your city by the lake
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted April 04, 2005 05:03 PM
alchemiest~THANK YOU Well-said. ------------------
There is not enough darkness in the world to extinguish the light of one small candle. ~Spanish proverb IP: Logged |
jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 9417
From: Madeira Beach, Florida
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted April 04, 2005 05:45 PM
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neptune's mermaid
Knowflake Posts: 1069
From:
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted April 04, 2005 06:26 PM
I love what you wrote alchemiest.To anyone that I may have hurt ( through my stupidity ) I’m truly sorry  I speak before I think…but trust me, I’m not malicious only impulsive and naive
If I don’t like someone, they will know. So please don’t misunderstand any of my silly posts. Wait…I didn’t do anything wrong  BUT if I did, I am sorry
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SunChild
Moderator Posts: 4032
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted April 04, 2005 07:50 PM
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"And dreams, don't ever forget, are the first step in manifesting wishes into reality"-- Linda Goodman's Star Signs IP: Logged |
sue g
Knowflake Posts: 8591
From: former land of the leprechaun
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted April 05, 2005 02:09 PM
Well said Alchemist. Now I may be wrong, but arent the people involved in these "brawls" young, say under 30? If so maybe we should try to encourage them to resolve their differences, my father always used to say "we can forgive the young their mistakes". God knows I was a right old hothead in my youth (still am at times) but in my 20s I thought I knew everything (ha ha still nowhere near) but I did and said things that were uncalled for at times. Good to let off steam and challenge each other, but not to get abusive and offensive, so how about if everyone says sorry and starts again..........what do you say guys????? love and peace x x x IP: Logged |
Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted April 06, 2005 11:24 PM
 ...................................  ................ Love,
Rainbow
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