Do You See What I See?

It looked like it was going to snow today, when I woke up. The sky was gray and the leaves were gone from the trees. Typical fall day. The sun eventually came out, but there are still hints of clouds in the sky. The sun through the golden leaves is beautiful. I wanted to sit at the window and watch it forever. But then life called. It said I needed to wash the dishes. I needed to make lunch. I needed to buy some groceries and feed the dog. I didn’t want to take the call, but I’ve lost my answering machine and voicemail is down. =) I’m weird, aren’t I?

I downloaded several themes over the past week, but I can’t get them to install properly. I think I’ve lost interest in working with sites. I’ve been doing this since 1999. I feel like there’s nothing I can do that hasn’t already been done a million times over again. People have emailed me to tell me I have a unique voice, a unique outlook on life, and the talent to write it on the web so it comes alive. I believe them, sometimes. Then there are the other people. The people who say I suck, and I should stop writing all together. These are people who have almost no comments (other than themselves) and nothing to offer the world. I believe them, more than I should.

I’ve said this all over, but I feel like it’s a lesson we could all learn from. I’d rather have one or two good friends who truly cared about me and my life than to be surrounded by phonies and fakes who base friendship on comments and hits. People who think they have friends but are so blinded by the fact that their hit counters are high they don’t think twice about things. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned in life it’s to watch who is on your friends links. Look at how they treat others, even people who are “enemies” of many other people but never did anything to them personally. Do they treat them with respect? Or do they make snide comments about them? How do you think they’ll treat you? If you think they’re not archiving your posts or right-clicking your pictures,  possibly re-distributing this, then you need to think again, especially if you’ve seen them do it before.

I leave you with these thoughts: Do you know who’s on your link bar? Do you think they’re your friend? Or are they just collecting information on you to turn on you with?

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