saysomething
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(do be a dear and forgive the first 2 substantive paragraphs. it seems a necessary indulgence, made in order to ground the subsequent comments).
ok here's the thing...
i've been a lurker, peripheral to this community (in its various forms, from the heyday of ASFT to, well, now), off and on, for over seven years now. i've never much felt the urge to post. i've just not got much to say. but at least i *know* i've not got much to say. i've no stories to tell. and often others make the necessary points better (more compassionately, more forcefully, more articulately) than i ever could. plus, i'm not really looking to make connections--i'm really rather much more *comfortable* in the background here. (that said, forgive me in advance if i don't respond to any follow-up question or commentary you make.)
i visit occasionally. not demanding or even wanting attention. this is how i am. this is what i do. i'm not an active member and don't particularly see that changing, even now, with these words. (now to the next paragraph, before my self-effacement risks turning self-aggrandizing. this would be a mistake. none of what follows ought to be construed to be about *me*.).
in any case, i'm stepping forward for a moment here, but am looking forward to dissolving to the background soon. i step forward, despite my recalcitrance to do so, because it's become apparent to me that something ought to be said. something needs to be said. something that i know i've never said to you, and something that, given some discussion here, seems to be said all too rarely.
here it is, simply put: thank you. all of you. for being there. for posting. for posting regularly. selflessly. for posting when the nagging doubts of rational self-interest or the physical demand for sleep suggests that you shouldn't. thank you for telling your stories. for sharing your ideas. your concerns. your little and big questions. thank you for being a community. and thank you for sharing all of it with all of us. thank you particularly for sharing when we (so many of us) seem uncaring, distant, unresponsive, or simply not there. please never allow a moment to pass when you seriously doubt that your contributions are valued, even (especially) by the peripheral members among us-- those who, for whatever internal reasons, whatever personal logic, refrain from making themselves known. please know your contributions *are* valued. very highly. and for them, we cannot thank you enough.
that's it, basically. i'm trying to resist the urge to name names. because the list would necessarily extend back so far. because i would come to regret the inevitable, unitentional exclusions such a lengthy and necessarily incomplete list would make. so understand, dear reader, dear contributor, that i'm addressing these comments to you. while these short comments are not much, not really, and could (and should) be said better, and more often, i hope they are taken to reflect the esteem with which they are offered.
--retiring, finally, to the background, trying my best to hide myself behind the drapes.
yours,
saysomething.
ok here's the thing...
i've been a lurker, peripheral to this community (in its various forms, from the heyday of ASFT to, well, now), off and on, for over seven years now. i've never much felt the urge to post. i've just not got much to say. but at least i *know* i've not got much to say. i've no stories to tell. and often others make the necessary points better (more compassionately, more forcefully, more articulately) than i ever could. plus, i'm not really looking to make connections--i'm really rather much more *comfortable* in the background here. (that said, forgive me in advance if i don't respond to any follow-up question or commentary you make.)
i visit occasionally. not demanding or even wanting attention. this is how i am. this is what i do. i'm not an active member and don't particularly see that changing, even now, with these words. (now to the next paragraph, before my self-effacement risks turning self-aggrandizing. this would be a mistake. none of what follows ought to be construed to be about *me*.).
in any case, i'm stepping forward for a moment here, but am looking forward to dissolving to the background soon. i step forward, despite my recalcitrance to do so, because it's become apparent to me that something ought to be said. something needs to be said. something that i know i've never said to you, and something that, given some discussion here, seems to be said all too rarely.
here it is, simply put: thank you. all of you. for being there. for posting. for posting regularly. selflessly. for posting when the nagging doubts of rational self-interest or the physical demand for sleep suggests that you shouldn't. thank you for telling your stories. for sharing your ideas. your concerns. your little and big questions. thank you for being a community. and thank you for sharing all of it with all of us. thank you particularly for sharing when we (so many of us) seem uncaring, distant, unresponsive, or simply not there. please never allow a moment to pass when you seriously doubt that your contributions are valued, even (especially) by the peripheral members among us-- those who, for whatever internal reasons, whatever personal logic, refrain from making themselves known. please know your contributions *are* valued. very highly. and for them, we cannot thank you enough.
that's it, basically. i'm trying to resist the urge to name names. because the list would necessarily extend back so far. because i would come to regret the inevitable, unitentional exclusions such a lengthy and necessarily incomplete list would make. so understand, dear reader, dear contributor, that i'm addressing these comments to you. while these short comments are not much, not really, and could (and should) be said better, and more often, i hope they are taken to reflect the esteem with which they are offered.
--retiring, finally, to the background, trying my best to hide myself behind the drapes.
yours,
saysomething.
