Just not worth it!

[Guest guest]

I can't believe this is going on. I spoke with personally

this evening, TWICE, and she is pretty upset by all this talk about

the emails. First of all, is fairly new, so I seriously

doubt she remembers much about when this went on before. And, I for

one, have pretty much forgotten about it too. You guys, it just

isn't worth this pettiness. I am not sure if any of these messages

were aimed at any one person, but they seemed to have a tone about

them that " labeled " a few of us. And, took it to heart.

Yes, she is a great supporter on this group. She is always lending a

caring, loving word to someone who " has had a rough night " . And, I

personally think that is a very endearing quality to have. I have

been known to do this, but never as compassionately as can

do. That is what I was trying to say in my previous message. The

support here is fabulous. I, for one, enjoy reading the messages of

encouragement. Because, I truly believe that is what this list is

built on. And, like Jodie Cals said, if we didn't have messages of

support or encouragement on here, it may be a pretty quiet list. I

agree with the others, there has to be another way for people to read

these postings. Don't have these things sent to your personal email

address. That is WAY too overwhelming. Ugh, I hated it and soon

changed my settings. It is so much better to get on here and go

through the list and read what I think is important. I love to read

the messages, but some days are just too busy that I can't read them

all. But, I do like reading those posts where someone is

saying, " Hey, I know you are down today, just know that we are

concerned and would like to hear how you are doing tomorrow. " I

wouldn't want to see someone post that they had a rough day, night,

month, year whatever, and no one responds to them because it is too

chatty or maybe a private thing. Heck, they wouldn't have mentioned

it if they weren't looking for some sort of support or

encouragement. But, if we responded to all those

messages privately, new people wouldn't see how much we care about

each other. And, it wouldn't be like a family atmosphere.

was saying that she wished she could handle this as well as I

am. But, I look at it like this, I am here to help others. I am not

only here to " TRY " to give advise to someone about RSS and what goes

along with it, but I will also lend you moral support and a shoulder

to cry on if you need it. Whether you approach me on or off list. It

doesn't matter. This group is all about support and caring about

each other. Some of you may be looking at it as if we are

just " saying " these things, but you know, we actually MEAN it. Let's

admit it, we have ALL needed support like this at some time or

another. And, where have we come to get that support?? HERE! Yes,

this is a group based on RSS, but we are all such caring people that

we take it to the next level. And, the new people should see that

after they have spent a little time on here. Obviously, if you don't

have the time, you don't SPEND the time here, so you don't understand

why there are posts such as those addressed. But, that only means

that you aren't as involved as some of us are. And, that some of us

really enjoy the list like it is and love to welcome the new people

with open arms and show them who we are by supporting them and asking

them to share more information if they feel comfortable. We try to

make that comfort level as undaunting as possible. And, we should be

commended for that...no condemned. And, too bad some people's

feelings have gotten hurt as a result.

JR