by TheTraveler » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:32 pm
Hey Kevin,
Actually, I generally only get on the forums or involved in the discussions when there is something worth wile to comment on, mainly because my time is limited and I have so many more and better ways to spend my time. Most often I come to the site when Mikado asks me to look at something, or I hear from others that I should look at what is going on.
This is not directed at you, so please take no offense, but what brought me to TTB in the first place was the science and was at first what made me stay. Initially what intrigued me was the story and what kept me here was the feeling, fostered by Linda, was that this was worth participating in because it presented a way to make a difference in a world that really needs a difference to be made.
I look back now, and all I see is that my feeling were that Linda Brown was someone who had lived on the wrong side of life through no fault of her own, that if anyone ever needed my help it was someone that had lived that poor woman's life. That coupled with a desire to be part of an effort that could make things better for all of us, drove me to decisions and actions that I should never have made or done.
In truth and retrospect, it was a form of temporary insanity that overrode my common sense. I came for the science, and it is here, trust me on that! But.... the majority of what I have seen over the last eight years has been agendas, bickering, half truths and honestly, all the traits in people that I most despise.
If that makes you wonder why I am still here, well, if it were not for the bonds of friendships forged with Mikado, Paul, Plad and a few others, I would have been long gone, never to haunt these halls again. And well, as stupid as it sounds, a feeling that there is still something important in all this mess that needs to be followed to it's ends.
When I started writing this post, I wondered what you meant by something missing, but on thinking about it I maybe understand how you feel. Just my thought, but within the reality of life often comes the feeling that some things don't feel right, or that something is missing. As I wrote this I realized that at least for me, at a core level I realized that most of what I was being told was... how did Paul put it, I can't even remember, so let me say bullcrap, smoke and mirrors, bile and lies.
When I do come here to look over the site in what little free time that I have, I just don't often feel the need to comment because it usually offers nothing positive to those that choose to be here.
Anyway Kevin, I hope you do not take this as related to you as it's really about trying to give you a perspective and look into what makes someone like me write the things I do here.
Traveler
BTW.. Nice to meet you too DavidG!
The Traveler
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