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Old 02-19-2006, 10:25 AM  
Halcyon
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Well, good morning. Thanks for the supportive posts.

And for the less supportive ones, guess what? You are not the first to try to knock us down.
Hell, it is always easier to knock down someone else than lift yourself up.

There was a time in my life when I dealt with so much hate mail that I just made a webpage to direct people to:

http://cockybastard.com/loves/criticism/
te "we" for "I"...but I think it still applies.

Hell, I'll copy/paste it:



So, ya don't like me, huh?

Please don't take it personally that I don't want to debate this with you now. I've heard it many times before. If I somehow invited you to my site
(thread) and have wasted your time, I apologize. You're free to leave the site at any time.

I do thank you for honestly expressing your opinion of me. Honesty is an admirable quality. And I recognize that by making my feelings/beliefs public, I place myself in a position to be judged.

And I understand that by saying things such as "I love myself," I violate the unwritten rules that people should be humble and meek.

I'm sorry, but I don't believe that. I think that I am an amazing creature. And I'm just one small part of an amazing universe. By recognizing the miracle that is me, I am able to see the miracle that is you.

It was only when I learned to love myself ?learned to see the divine nature of my own existence?that I was able to see that divine seed in everything around me. Yes, even in you.

I am not better than anyone else. If you got the impression that I was saying that, I apologize. I am merely celebrating my life. It's a shame that everyone doesn't do the same. It's a shame that so many people are socialized to believe they are smaller than they are.

You seem to want me to be smaller than I am. Sorry. That's not going to happen. I hope I'm not out of line when I suggest: Why don't you let yourself be bigger?

So let me say again, thank you for your opinion. If you want to send me an email, I will read it and save it. But I will not get off the throne just because you don't like me up here.

On the contrary, I'll save you a place up here, for whenever you're ready to take a seat where you belong.

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