Recently as I posted on this site, a very dear friend of mine lost her child in a most terrible manner. It has been five days now, and they have laid the child to rest, but the love that had poured out to these two parents has been astounding. The thing is, the love that is the most surprising is the love that has come from the online friends. People who have in many cases never met or spoke to the couple. Yet they have sent flowers, gifts, and in one case drove 150 miles to be there at the funeral to represent the online friends who lived to far away to make it themselves.
When I left the religion and went out on my own. I know that my wife and I were worried so much about being outcast, and being people with no friends and family to talk too. I know that many of the people who leave the religion feel the same way, that this is the end and not the beginning. Yet it pays to know, that love will always find a way. That people who care, do not ask what religion you are in and where you came from. They only know that love is the most comforting thing we could ever offer another person. That we can be there for them when times are hard, and laugh with them when times are joyful.
I lost a dear friend to cancer this last spring that was on another Ex-Jw board. I never spoke one word to her, yet I read and posted things to her. I e-mailed her all the time as she went through treatment and was often the person she e-mailed her fears too. When her best friend e-mailed me on the day that she died, and I had to post her final thoughts on a site much like this one. I never thought I would feel the emotions I would about a person that I never met. Yet it was probably one of the hardest days of my life. That taught me a lot at that time, and it is something I will always share. That these boards are fun, that they are a lively debate, but never underestimate what stands behind these little online names. There are people who care, people who love, people who feel, people who are sometimes hurting and people that need a comforting words from time to time. We all laugh together, share stories, get advice and sometimes we die and we need to know people do notice.
So to any out there who might be sitting in front of a computer, typing messages and wishing that they could have more people in there lives. I give you this thought, you are never really alone. These people you type to, are with you in their thoughts. They remember you, and they are sometimes the nicest most caring people you will ever meet. So never forget, no matter if you leave here and move on in life, or you post only from time to time. You might think it sometimes, and worry it is just you alone in this life. In reality though, "you are never alone, there are many people always with you!"
By having friends from all around the world to speak to, you know that their words and hugs they send are never in a time without the sun shinning down upon them to reflect their love to you.
My thought
Dragon
Edited by - kenpodragon on 1 November 2002 18:32:42