soft said:
... if we cannot co-exist as a community...
community living is not easy, similar to living in a family. there will be painful times when we unwittingly hurt one another, and feelings are hurt. if these feelings can be mended, we will become better for it. otherwise, we will all go our separate ways, and not realise how much we could actually bring to each other's lives.
i am sounding a little sentimental here. but isn't life full of sentiments? more so, when we are all musicians here, and musicians are indeed more sensitive. but it is this sensitivity in us that makes us better musicians.
perhaps it is an occupational hazard that we are such, but i would like to think that, if we could sometimes support each other, and use less hurtful words, and not take each chance to tear each other down, we could maybe, make it afterall, to survive as a peaceful, loving community here.
there are indeed many ways we can put a message across. but we must bear in mind that this is a forum and everything is expressed in written words, without the benefit of facial expressions or positive body language to assure otherwise. this is just my personal experience here and i have made some good friends, whom i know i will keep for life.
peace to all SOFTies!