warren c. e. austin
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Registered: February 2003
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... with someone I care deeply for; someone I had lobbied vigorously for months, encouraging him to join me and others of my friends at Yahoo!, for the expressed, and sole, purpose of including him in my "World", and that of the others, because he had lamented since I first became acquainted with him, at that "other" IM Service, he felt left so out and sorely alientated, with few making the journey to that "other" IM Service to speak with him.
To be perfectly honest, because of radical change in both how I view my World, and how I now chose to conduct my affaires, I seldom log-in to "Chat" with anyone, at anytime, anymore at all, other than on account of my "friend", and even with him, our communicating again has only been a very recent phenomenon; an accomodation whereby he and I now employ the device of using the services of "private" and unpublished User I. D.'s for that contact.
What made the aborted conversation, in Chat, so troubling to me is that the other party ridiculed my attempt at humour in my opening salutation, and proceeded to tell me just how misirable he was, and how miserable he is everyday.
Well I'm sorry bud, but that simply will not cut it. As I told you just before I cut you off, my life, everyday, is an intolerable mess - one I do have the power to rectify, and one I am in the process of dealing with - but, you will seldom, if ever at all hear me moan about it, or otherwise denegate a friend's overture of genuine friendship when expressed through the media of open Chat.
I log-in, whether it be for Chat, using an IM Service, or at a Message Board such as this, solely because I want to escape that misery, not become emessed, and embroiled in more. That is not to say, I would ever refuse you, or any other a legitimate request for counsel or assistance, regardless of the subject matter, including your own miserably existence; but, I'm really wanting to hear, and experience if only for a few momments, some of that "fluff" that some here at A Place of Safety have recently cited as having no home here.
As I explained to you, as I was then closing out the conversation, if I cannot try and spread a few "rays of sunshine and happiness" to those around me, when I do on those now extremely rare occasions make an appearance, then why should I bother to appear at all. To you, I say I shall not; not again; at least not for a good long while.
To those, here at A Place of Safety that feel this is not the proper and fitting venue for "fluff" pieces, I say think again; comfort, succor, kindness, caring and compassion come in many forms. Someone's attempt to lighten another's load, even if just a little, and for the briefest flicker in time, is how comfort, succor, kindness, caring and compassion should be defined in all of the World's dictionaries.
Strictly, in my humnble opinion, of course, and subject to rebuttle.
Think good thoughts, litered throughout a field of peace and trees!
Warren C. E. Austin
Toronto, Canada.
Warren C. E. Austin
Toronto, Canada
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