RLS: Doreen....

[Guest guest]

Doreen.... I fear you read all the wrong tones into my letter. I wish you

could see me and hear my tone of voice. I'm so sorry. I'd be happy to

call you on the phone and talk this over, so you can realize that I'm NOT

attacking you at all. I'm really quite a nice person, and I do NOT like

hurting others with my comments. I'm NOT ridiculing you. I'm saying you

ARE teaching me how many people think and what works for others. When I

capitalize " YOUR " , I'm not using a sassy tone saying " Well that's what YOU

think, nay nay nay " . I'm saying, " okay, thank you for sharing and

explaining your views. I'm now even more curious about other people's

views..because YOU are opening my eyes. " There is absolutely NO sass or

ridicule in that letter I sent. You just have to know me, I guess, to

believe me. I don't think I'm wrong to assume not everyone in the grouop

thinks exactly the same. I think MANY of them think exactly like you do,

and that's great. I just like to refrain from assuming that " MOST " people

do or think something....because unless we do a total survey, we don't know

the proportions and don't know if it's " most " or equal numbers, etc. Also,

I try to not say " most of us " or " all of us " ...because I definitely DO

realize that I can't speak for every or even the majority in the group. In

some areas, I think differently than you do...so, in order to converse,

we're going to have to recognize those differences and be able to see where

I think one way and you think another way, respect each other's thoughts,

and share whatever helpful tidbits we can.

I'm so sorry for any frustration or anger my letter caused you. It was

NEVER meant to happen.

Jill