<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by INDY_357:
<strong>Lupo,
I would like to apologize for my reaction to your post the other day. I understand that there is only so much that you can hear from one person. Looking over my post I think that you will see a difference in my posting. </strong><hr></blockquote><p>Indy,
I want to say that I prayed very long and hard before posting my "kick in the pants" to you that day.<p>I know you are hurting, and I never wanted to negate your feelings in this. I just felt like you needed to change your thinking and actions. Now, I DO see a change in attitude! (Not this thread and the fact that you offer an apology - but on the other thread).<p>This wasn't about "only being able to take so much from one person..." my friend. As I stated in that post, I just felt like you have been given some MOST EXCELLENT advice here, and I didn't see you taking it! I saw a broken-hearted, sad individual who wanted to wallow in his self-pity and be made to feel that was OK. It isn't. I wanted you to see that. I KNOW it hurts. I KNOW you are sad. I KNOW all the feelings you have, believe me, I do!<p>I also know that we can all get through this together and learn and do all the right things to fix our M's from all the "veterans" here who've been there ahead of us. I know in my own life, at first, I was reluctant to believe that they KNEW what they were telling me. After all, "They didn't understand. They didn't know MY H!!" KNow what? After awhile, I came to realize that a LOT of them DID have similar (enough) situations that they DID have valuable information for me to sit up and take notice.<p>I want to help you, too. BUT you're on the front lines, and YOU've got to take charge and do the work. SOme of it seems counter-intuitive (as someone once pointed out to me), but in the end, it IS the right tack to take.<p>After having said all that (I DO get wordy, don't I? [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] ) I'll end with: <p>Apology accepted, and whole-heartedly hope you realize I only meant it in love. <p>God Bless,
Lupo