Ministrations to the soul.17:08 Apr 11 2006
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It's a hard life, we all know this.
Well, most of us realise it at some point.
Getting over tough times can feel like it will never end. I've struggled, I admit. I've not been able to stay happy and positive through recent times.
But what I do give comes from within me. There is no malice here. Even when I am angry, I still try to find a way of saying so which is considered to and not cause offence, but understanding. I want to resolve conflict, not create yet more.
I'm quite a patient and laid back person on the whole, but circumstances often dictate our emotional state. And none of us can be the best we are capable of all of the time.
But we strive, to succeed for ourselves, our families, our friends. We have this strange need to make people proud of us, to receive their praise.
And what of the meaning of family, of friendship?
An insight to my own life is that I don't have any contact with my family, for more than ten years now, I've not seen a single one of them in the flesh.
So, how to compensate for such a gap in ones life?
Friends. It's a slightly sad fact that I hold them dearer than my own blood. But they are who are there for me when the times are tough. And I for they, should they ever feel the need.
And I have many more acquaintences, people whom I have know a few years and say hi to, go clubbing with, can be friendly with. But here online, its a little different.
There are but a few close friends, people in whom I invest trust and the same love that I offer my friends here, in my life offline. And there are a few more whom I respect greatly and am friendly with, yet have not gotten to know deeply yet.
Elsewhere on the net, I've made many, many acquaintences over the years and even one or two friends that I've caught up with here and there, but for whatever reason, perhaps that this was the first place I came to when I got back online, I've found VR to be my net haven.
So, I work to try and keep the juvenile crap out of the serious discussion, sometimes I delve into the hellhole that is the sandbox, for a bit of light relief and perhaps find something of interest (rarely do I).
And there are other considerations of life online, varied as my travels are across the net, I've seen and read and noticed many people. And their actions have disturbed me in cases, enlightened me in others and yet still amused me too.
What I have found is that VR is a place where many congregate. It's like a forum for the other forums, in a way. I've been trying to examine it, but it's hard to define. It's a unique format and contains and amazing cross section of society. This is it's golden egg.
I hope it never gets made into an omelette.
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