You Just Can't Quit
Sep. 29th, 2009 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raloriaSpent the past several hours thinking and processing the fallout from my participation in the anonymous meme. I won't deny being hurt by the 2 3 negative comments I got over there. However, the dust has cleared and I'm done being bothered by cowards who attack behind the veil of anonymity.
When all is said and done, this is MY LJ. I have plenty of people who love who I am and love what I do. They appreciate the hard work I put into everything and they understand that I can't always comment on their journals. I am grateful to them all, even if I do fall behind in my comments.
And to those who think I should comment more on the journals of others? My Flist numbers over 200 now. If I spent time leaving comments to every person each day I would not have time to make things for my own posts. I leave comments to as many journals as I can, or that I have a response for. I'm not a machine, I'm a human being. I do the best that I can.
Btw, when I mention that LJ is quiet, I'm talking about Livejournal as a whole - not just my journal. I'm online a lot and I observe when LJ is going through it's downtimes. It's not meant as a complaint that my LJ is not getting enough comments or enough visits.
Anyway, when the going gets tough, the tough pick themselves up and move on. Am I going to stop being hurt by negative comments? No. I'm a sensitive soul and I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. I can't change that. As a shy person in real life I put myself out here online every day. Accepting that I'm going to get wounded along the way is a learning process for me. Dealing with this meme is simply another one of those tough lessons.
But now it's time to get myself back to doing what I do here on my LJ and what a lot of you are here for. If you disagree with the way I run my own journal, if you think I'm whiny and complain too much, if you're dissatisfied in any way....you can leave at anytime. I'm not keeping you here and if you don't like the way I do things on my own journal you can go elsewhere. I'm not going to change my ways for a select few and I'm not going to change who I am. Rick Nelson said it best in his song, "Garden Party"....
Well, this journal is My Garden Party and I'm going to do things my way.
Big huge hugs to so many of you for your amazing support and love! Thank you so much for your encouragement and for reminding me what I'm here for. ♥ ♥ ♥ *HUGS* ♥ ♥ ♥
When all is said and done, this is MY LJ. I have plenty of people who love who I am and love what I do. They appreciate the hard work I put into everything and they understand that I can't always comment on their journals. I am grateful to them all, even if I do fall behind in my comments.
And to those who think I should comment more on the journals of others? My Flist numbers over 200 now. If I spent time leaving comments to every person each day I would not have time to make things for my own posts. I leave comments to as many journals as I can, or that I have a response for. I'm not a machine, I'm a human being. I do the best that I can.
Btw, when I mention that LJ is quiet, I'm talking about Livejournal as a whole - not just my journal. I'm online a lot and I observe when LJ is going through it's downtimes. It's not meant as a complaint that my LJ is not getting enough comments or enough visits.
Anyway, when the going gets tough, the tough pick themselves up and move on. Am I going to stop being hurt by negative comments? No. I'm a sensitive soul and I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. I can't change that. As a shy person in real life I put myself out here online every day. Accepting that I'm going to get wounded along the way is a learning process for me. Dealing with this meme is simply another one of those tough lessons.
But now it's time to get myself back to doing what I do here on my LJ and what a lot of you are here for. If you disagree with the way I run my own journal, if you think I'm whiny and complain too much, if you're dissatisfied in any way....you can leave at anytime. I'm not keeping you here and if you don't like the way I do things on my own journal you can go elsewhere. I'm not going to change my ways for a select few and I'm not going to change who I am. Rick Nelson said it best in his song, "Garden Party"....
| "But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well. You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself" |
Well, this journal is My Garden Party and I'm going to do things my way.
Big huge hugs to so many of you for your amazing support and love! Thank you so much for your encouragement and for reminding me what I'm here for. ♥ ♥ ♥ *HUGS* ♥ ♥ ♥
