We are here for many different reasons. Some are here to get support, some to give support, I would like to believe most for both reasons. I suppose there are a few here for devious reasons, but we can live with that.
I have to apologize for being a softy, a Christian as many here are, and my interest chiefly is to help others. For years I went to the boring meetings only to encourage someone, highjacked a local needs talk or Bible highlights to say something real and supportive to people who were hurting.
Yet on this forum we can talk to several hundreds if not thousands of hurting people by our comments on a thread. Our responses can up build or repel.
I started here just over a year ago and it was scary. I had spoken to almost 10,000 people with district assembly talks but I really believe I was more ‘reluctant’ to post here and on H20 because of fear of “mean” people. So that’s my problem RIGHT! But it is the problem of others apparently.
As Amazing said this is a much more peaceful place lately. While I hope some of those who have left will return, I desperately hope this remains a peaceful place for “lurkers” to speak up safely. I encourage them to speak up, take a chance and post, ignore those who seem “mean” and grow. The rest of us I hope will be understanding, loving and patient.
That is the way I hope we are perceived.
Jst2laws