what i love about our community is, it is overall kind. is it perfect? not in the least. the only way it could be perfect is if each person in it was perfect, and i think that's impossible.
going directly to a person i've found is such an effective way to work things out. it's hard though i think. sometimes it's easier to keep our "story" of what we think happened, and gossip to others. i am for sure guilty of that in my life.
i so appreciate when someone approaches me privately, and if they are gentle that helps me even more. sometimes they can be angry and that makes it a bit harder for me to "listen" but i don't blame them for that... when people are hurt or angry they don't act like they do when not angry or hurt. so it's understandable. i too am guilty of that.
i really love when a perceived difference can be worked out between 2 people privately. and it's less messy without having others involved.
i really think all of us want kindness, peace, safety, fun, and sometimes we forget that when we have differing opinions... we can start to see someone as an enemy when they are really just like us...
for me this community, is one of the kindest i've been part of in sl. the other was just as great and i miss them terribly but the kindness that we all had rubbed off big time!
anyway, i wanted to chime in. i think this is a great community and it's so diverse... sometimes when there is an issue we don't like, we think that is the whole... which is understandable too as that is what we are focusing on.
thanks for sharing.
you all really enlighten me and teach me a lot!
Creepiness lately in the forums... :(
