Well, I almost let some on this site turn me away, I was ready to leave. At some point, this site and some people on it had ruined my quit with a rude, arrogant, can do no wrong attitude. And I let that crap get under my skin. Not to mention others around be having a VERY hard go of things and a fairly negative attitude, and let's just say, it's gone from happy, exciting and positive, to WTF is the point in all of this crap? I want no part of this negativity, I want no part of this conflict, I want no part is any of this anymore!
I walk outside to the smoking area, not to get a smoke, to find some positivity. I figured the only two smokers left in my work place would be there. Sure enough, there they were, I walk up and am greeted with "Hey man, coming out to watch the smokers kill themselves for a bit?". Jokingly of course and with a big smile. I replied "Yep!", I get some words of encouragement, some cheers and a couple pats on the shoulder. It made me feel a little positive again. So then I break away from them to take me a little walk down the green way to clear my head a little. I think on it, I think on it, I try me best to regain that positive mind set I had yesterday before "THEY" showed up with their arrogant can do no wrong attitudes.
I continued on searching for that hope again. But it never showed up, just an eery feeling that it's a miracle that I still don't want a cigarette. So I returned to my desk.
I open my mailbox and what do I get, hope, hope from the MEMBERS of this site, hope from many on this site that see what I was trying to accomplish and assured me that I was trying to do the right thing, and that I should NOT have been torn down like I was. They offered words of encouragement, they offered words of hope, and some of them offered prayers that I can regain the state of mind I was at yesterday. Well, all except one who went from accusing me of being a potential sell bot to telling me I am the one being unresonable, to telling me I should apologize. LMAO @ you sir! Not a chance. I started off with the intentions of doing something good, and rather than help, I got met with a bunch of uppity up know it all wannabe's trying to tear everything down, NOT ONE of them offering anything useful. I need to apolgize? Hah!
Special thanks to the many of you who are offering support, encouragement, and telling me I was right in what I was trying to do and should not be letting anyone tear that down. Thank you, walking back in from my walk and seeing my e-mail stacked with notifications of people messaging me, and throwing their support behind me has done a great deal to help restore that hope that had been torn from me up until that point.
Word of advice, if you can't offer support, encouragement, and a pat on the back rather than argumentative and arrogant rhetoric that isn't even backed up by fact or evidence, you should probably keep your mouth shut.
Thanks to those who have worked to restore at least a little of my faith. You know who you are. Thank you, and keep on keeping on. We can do this.
*Note: There are a few of you who will not offer anything positive to this post, move along, you are not welcomed here, take your holier than thou jerk attitude elsewhere, I don't need your crap. If you can offer something positive here, then go for it, I can forgive and forget anything, and everyone deserves a second chance.
