Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Life's Lessons

My last post elicited a lot of comments so I feel like I need to post a follow up.

I believe that every experience in life offers the opportunity to learn and to grow. This experience is no different. A day or two after I posted my rant, I decided to contact the blogger directly. I wasn't sure what kind of response I would get, nor did I know if it would make me feel any better, but I figure I had to try. Although I had hoped simply ranting would allow me to move past it, I just couldn't seem to let it go. Maybe because I was receiving so many comments. :)

In my gut, I believed that the offending blogger didn't intend harm. And I didn't want to continue holding ill feelings toward this person. This community is pretty small and if we were ever to cross paths, I didn't want this standing between us. So I gathered up my courage and pressed the Send button.

I received a response fairly quickly, which was full of apology and explanation. While the explanation is not important, I will let you know that it was unintentional. We shared a couple of correspondences back and forth and have put this issue behind us. In addition, the blogger immediately edited their blog.

So what did I learn from this? As part of our transformation full-timing, I am also trying to change my life in many other ways. I am working on being more open minded and less judgmental. I hope to be quicker to give the benefit of the doubt and not take things so personally. I continue to try and focus on the positives and allow the negatives to move on past. I try to spend my energy on those things that I can control and don't get hung up on those that I can't. But this is all a work in progress. In hindsight, I wish that I hadn't let this get to me as much as it had. And maybe next time I'm faced with a similar situation, it won't.

So for all of you that took the time to leave comments, I thank you. I'm sure this type of thing happens more often than we're aware. I just happened to encounter it. Blogging, both writing and reading, is still a very positive experience for me and I won't stop anytime soon! And I wanted all of you to know that there is a happy ending to this story.

6 comments:

  1. I am so glad you found a happy ending. Keep blogging...I love reading :)

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  2. kudos to you for entry into the land of enlightenment where everyone is "open minded and less judgmental"...

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  3. Congratulations, Connie on taking the initiative to resolve the problem that was bothering you. I'm sure the other blogger has learned a bit as well. Glad it all worked out!

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  4. Excellent! I LOVE happy endings! :) Thanks for sharing the outcome with us all.

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  5. I am so glad this story had such a happy ending!! Things happen...I'm glad you both have moved on :)

    Keep writing because it is a small community and you will find that the folks out here are just the best and we want to hear from you guys and keep updated on your journey!

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  6. Hey Connie,

    Glad things worked out for the good. We love you guys so much and miss you lots!!!!!

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