Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Everybody likes a compliment.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
The anonymnity of the internet acts as an empowering mechanism for the oppressed and vulnerable. Given the power of free range of attitude and low chance of realistic reprocussions, many act completely out of character and unappropriate.
I admire many members in this board to rising to the challenge, supporting and reasurring one another during times of difficulty.
When timberlakers had a break-in people supported him, rodja was down his luck and having trouble dealing with a break up, zero -v break up trouble, a member posted about his mother having cancer and another about wanting to shoot himself and many rose up and were supportive and positive. Along with other countless times of selfless giving and caring, too many to mention right now. To those who think it does not matter, it does, it always matters. Be the difference, for we are all but one and the same.
That my friends is class, maturity and human compassion.
I smile when i see people come together, the internet, in person or through word of mouth it is important to always act with dignity and self respect.
This is an unfortunate circustance but it is important to not judge, condemn and ridicule people based upon this. Moving forward those attitudes will do nothing good.
Instead i reccommend that we focus on our positives, being our best and enduring the temptation to scorn and mock others. It is partially by this attitude that this may have happened.
It is a dissapointment to hear of such a story but lets not be so angry with them that we miss an opportunity to be better for it.
It is a gift to be heard, listened too and respected by others, people do what we say and from this position of power we must always be responsible with the power we have been given or earned by our peers. New members take our advice about their health and life serously because of some green bars by our name or gold lettering. Lets not abuse this, use it to do good and we will all prosper as a result.
Cheers and bless you all.