Posted by Dinah on April 9, 2008, at 20:59:46
In reply to Everybody be Ok, OK? Too much hurts., posted by muffled on April 9, 2008, at 15:11:29
Ahhhh Muffled.
I haven't read the board today (computer crashed) so I don't know what's going on.
But I do know that any interpersonal relationship carries the risk of hurts. Maybe not even the risk, but the certainty.
That never helps me much in the moment I'm hurting, but it often does help me after I get a chance to step back. I know I risk the hurt because I find the reward worth it.
As you well know, I've always found you one of the big rewards of Babble. If you need to step away, I can understand that. And if you need to talk, I'm often around. Although probably not very much until I reload every program on my computer. :((((
It was really hard for me to accept, and I still don't really in some ways, that not everyone will like me. After all, I try to be thoughtful and how could anyone dislike that? But the fact is that for many reasons, some having to do with me and inadvertent hurts I cause, and some to do with a personality mesh perhaps, and some having nothing whatsoever to do with me, some people are going to dislike me.
I think it's true of everyone. And Muffled, so many people care about you and have such positive feelings toward you, isn't it reasonable to sadly conclude that there will be some balance in the other direction?
Take care of yourself, Muffled. You very much deserve it.
poster:Dinah
thread:822410
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20080313/msgs/822493.html