What do I owe YOU?!

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

Aunty Barb, what a timely and thought-provoking post.

Since I first read these words yesterday, I have been pondering how best to respond.

I am deeply concerned about the feelings of faceless people I may never meet. Many of them expect a certain level of posting, and I hate to disappoint them. If I shirk my duties, who will provide comic relief when the dingbat quotient gets too high to be healthy?

If my posting is misunderstood, I just tell myself that it always has been easier to get misunderstanding than Miss America.

When my posting upsets the masses, I remind myself that the masses elected Bill Clinton too.

I don't really consider posting on a message board a game, but it is a diversion. Good things happen sometimes, but it is not a ministry.

I don't make an effort to be offensive, but neither do I think I am responsible for the hand-wringing of ninnies whose feelings are always on their sleeves, whether short or long.

What do I owe?

I owe it to me and others to be myself, within the boundaries of the rules here.

And if my foot slips across the line and I get an infraction or a ban, I owe it to myself and others to take it like an adult and not whine.

Thank you for this, Elder...there is so much here I could respond to, but will just say that though you may not consider this a ministry, you do minister...at least you have to me. If that is what you meant by "good things happen sometimes," well, I would call it more than just a good thing, and for it I thank you.