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mistoferin -> RE: Avatar "theft" (4/27/2006 5:57:25 AM)
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I just had to reply to this Sir Kenin and I hope that you understand that my motivations for doing so are not to make you feel bad, but to remind you that as long as we are still breathing there is reason to smile.
In the past month I have been hit with catastrophic illness which has nearly killed me, had to have major surgery, lived through nearly a month of intense infection and fever, extreme pain, become jobless, no insurance or income, become dependent upon the kindness and generosity of others (who by the way, don't really have it to give), the hospital bills I have received so far are over $50,000, my sister has been diagnosed with cancer and has had major surgery, I have had to sit back and watch my mother (who I am supposed to be taking care of) struggle to take care of not only herself but me and my sister also, I have to live for the next 6 months with a medical condition that I would not wish upon my worst enemy, I have to face the fact that I will then have to have yet another major surgery with even more down time...and to top it all off I found a lump on my dog (who is absolutely my baby) that I know is not good but I don't have the money to do a damn thing about it right now.
I do understand your sentiment, I really do. I have felt exactly the same way reading these very boards lately. Whether it be avatars or what's the difference between a sub and a slave....it all just seems rather insignificant and trivial to me right at the moment. But might I suggest to you that maybe trivial and insignificant is exactly what you and I might both really need at this time.
Your response was a bit on the venomous side. While I understand that sometimes when our lives are in disarray, things do have a tendency to come out of us sideways....I also believe that we have to at least make a concious effort to control that. The way I see it is that I have been dealt a hand of cards that....well, quite frankly, they just suck. But, my options are to play with the cards I was dealt or fold my hand. Folding really isn't an option so I guess I just have to play. Now I can choose to play crying or I can choose to play smiling. Crying through it isn't going to change a damn thing about the outcome and will serve no purpose other than to make me and every one I come in contact with miserable. So.....guess the only really viable option is to smile and try to find the positives. Even if the only real positive is that I am indeed breathing. I might also remind you that no matter how bad things get....it usually doesn't take very much effort to look around and find someone whose hand is even worse.....and who can give us reason to be thankful for what we DO have.
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