dharma
November 17th, 2003, 09:33 PM
Well, I have grown way too weary of all the bickering and battling that goes on around here to go on another day. I have tried to be pleasant, giving and humourous in my dealings with every single person on this board. But try as I might I feel that I have to constantly prove myself. People insist that I am who they want to believe I am and unfortuately, who they think I am is not a mother theresa but a frightening contentious shrew and I don't think that I need to have to deal with other people's short-sightedness in this regard all the time. I am tired of feeling like my name is "spat" out by members who, for whatever reason, haven't clicked with me.
What turns me off the most is that when it comes to the issue of fighting, especially the subtle snide kind, it always seems to be coming from someone who believes themselves pure and somehow morally above others. People who in fact contribute very little to the board themselves yet somehow seem to think that this "free-for-all" is appropriate behavior. They come solely to take what they can get and participate only as a means of bringing someone else down in a discussion and blame others for all the fracas that occurs. It never occurs to them that their method of "help" is a put-down not a pick-me-up. It's disheartening and I don't wish to explore other people's unresolved issues at this time as they are directed at me or others.
Hilary, you really have your work cut out for you. I honestly don't know how you manage to run your business and allow yourself to get hung-out to dry a couple of times a week for every Jack, Sally and Fido who spots a shadow behind Clarity's entrance bush. I have a lot to accomplish within the next year and as much as I would like to stay and share once in a while, all this dragging around in the mud is distracting me from what I need to be focused on. Thanks for your generosity and hospitality. I'm so tremendously relieved that we worked out the confusion between us. Please, let's keep in touch. Many blessings to those of you who bothered to make the time to get to know me and who appreciated what I had to offer - I, too, appreciated all of you. May be I'll see you all again next year. http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/happy.gif
What turns me off the most is that when it comes to the issue of fighting, especially the subtle snide kind, it always seems to be coming from someone who believes themselves pure and somehow morally above others. People who in fact contribute very little to the board themselves yet somehow seem to think that this "free-for-all" is appropriate behavior. They come solely to take what they can get and participate only as a means of bringing someone else down in a discussion and blame others for all the fracas that occurs. It never occurs to them that their method of "help" is a put-down not a pick-me-up. It's disheartening and I don't wish to explore other people's unresolved issues at this time as they are directed at me or others.
Hilary, you really have your work cut out for you. I honestly don't know how you manage to run your business and allow yourself to get hung-out to dry a couple of times a week for every Jack, Sally and Fido who spots a shadow behind Clarity's entrance bush. I have a lot to accomplish within the next year and as much as I would like to stay and share once in a while, all this dragging around in the mud is distracting me from what I need to be focused on. Thanks for your generosity and hospitality. I'm so tremendously relieved that we worked out the confusion between us. Please, let's keep in touch. Many blessings to those of you who bothered to make the time to get to know me and who appreciated what I had to offer - I, too, appreciated all of you. May be I'll see you all again next year. http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/happy.gif