Last week I posted a response, to remarks made in a thread, that was glaringly outside the posting guidelines. It was a post made in haste, a response to words that I took to mean perhaps much more than intended. It was reactionary; and as suggested here many times in the past, when we react and hastily type a counter to a perceived wrong, it is often best to pause and walk away from the keyboard before hitting the post button. Last week I failed to walk away. Within the greater context of other events in my life, I reacted hastily and hit post instead of letting the emotional reactions to words read on a computer screen pass and waiting to more calmly and objectively address the issue at hand.
Particlarly egregious in that post was the fact that I essentially 'called out' two fellow members of the club, including one long-time member whom I consider to be one of the more thoughtful and caring of our fellow members. It was hurtful and wrong of me to do so; and it is an example of how we hurt ourselves and those whom we care about when we speak without fully thinking of the results of our actions.
As the ripples on a pond move out from the center where the stone first enters the water, our actions have consequences far beyond their initial movement. When our actions are positive, their energy spreads positively through those on whom they first effect. When our actions are negative, their energy spreads negatively through those on whom they first effect.
My apologies to all who were hurt, angered, and rightfully disappointed.
