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11:49:00 AM PST
The last, final, end of the discussion . . .
This is absolutely the last post I will make about the journal ads and the exodus. I came to J-Land just over a year ago, made friends and began to post regularly. I loved the way everyone treated me. It was like I had come home to a community of treasured friends.
Starting this week, some of the friends that I have read regularly decided to leave. That's okay and I respect that decision. What really bothers me is that some have begun to harass those of us who have decided to stay. Some have made large postings in their journals with crude or nearly crude criticism of AOL. It is your right to do that, too, I guess, but I'm losing respect for you.
In my mind, there is a right way and a wrong way to deal with this. I've sent e-mails and AOL has responded to each one. That lets me know they are at least reading what I wrote them.
Harsh criticism and harassment of members who choose to stay is not the answer. I don't know what is. I will tell you that if you're harassing my friends or making crude statements in your journal, I'm done reading you. You've slipped a notch in my book.
Next, there are many of you I love and care about and will read where ever your journal is. I will make comments about as often as I do on AOL. That's the long and short of it.
I went to see Joyce Meyers a few years ago. She's a television preacher who is pretty well known. She asked her audience if anyone was feeling put upon, - you can't believe the number of hands that went up, mine included. She stood there and nodded, chewed on her glasses a second and said one of the most profound things I have ever heard:
"Get over it!!"
Be blessed today my friends
Penny
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A good post. I love Jland too and will not leave, however, I will still protest but in a polite way. I'm sorry so many good writers left, I'm trying to keep up with my favorites but it is harder keeping track of the other blogs. Everyone had the right to their own choice as to stay or go without pressure, I don't believe in pressuring people like that.....Sandi
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This is so well said, Penny. I do not understand why people feel they have to harrass. I do not like the ads anymore than the rest of us, but what I do like is the ease of using the AOL journals compared to other blogs or journal sites. I know we have problems from time to time, but I have put a lot of hard work into my five journals. I ain't going nowhere. Thanks for visiting my photo journal.
Happy Thanksgiving!~
Susan
http://journals.aol.com/rjet33/CountryLivingSouthernStyle/
http://journals.aol.com/rjet33/MyPicturePostcardJournal/
http://journals.aol.com/rjet33/MyFurBabies/ -
Yes, the harassment for those of us who are staying stinks.
Krissy
http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink -
The more I read you the more I love you and I so appreciate the comments you make in my journal too. May you be blessed was such a wonderful ending for this post and most of all, may all those that choose to go to all the trouble of moving their journals to another blog spot be blessed. These are the times that try our souls. What are we made of? Can we take the heat? It is never easy to look at another when the mask comes off and their little self begins to overrun their common sense as it moves even deeper into the "me,me,me - my, my, mine, It's all about me voice." I had no intention of moving because when I started my journal I made a commitment to MYSELF that I would journal for one year and then reassess the worthiness of spending my precious time this way. I do this for me. For my sanity. Writing poetically or living a poetic life means that sometimes we have to do some serious flow writing to move out of our little self and into our Higher Self so we can hear what It is saying and then and only then post something that not only lifts our spirits higher, but the spirits of those that may come upon this word for enlightment. You deserve a spot on my just cleaned off Links to Other Journals. I'll be reading you a lot dear one. Blessed are thee among journalers.
Marlene-PurelyPoetry
http://journals.aol.com/mkolasa101/PurelyPoetry
12/3/05 10:24 AM
I feel I have been running around trying to squash the fires.
And I am one of the 'exiled'...
Go figure. I resent the bashing of people either way. It is of individual choice. Yet it does not mean I wont be around...It is just a link. Both sides make it sound as if we are crossing the Atlantic. LOL...
Where ever anyone lands, it is up to us as individuals to keep the community going. And I for one, whether I am here or there, find it relatively easy.
Nicely put Penny!
Peace
Jodi