NWTR,

I understand your need to seek peace and harmony. It is hard to think that you have hurt someone, especially when that was never your intention in the first place. First and foremost forgive yourself. Even if those you feel you have hurt, albeit unintentionally, are unable to acknowledge your true intentions in the first place, you will at least have that peace in your own mind.

Some people lash out in anger for the specific purpose of hurting the other person. Those people are unable to see the lasting hurt they have caused. And even if they at some point they are able to step back and look at the whole situation objectfully, their pride gets in the way of seeking any type of resolution, ie apologizing, posting supportive posts in the other's thread, etc. Those are the people I feel sorry for, and those are the people I continue to pray for, whether they like it or not .

You are not one of those people! Your posts have always been peaceful and loving.

This post has spoken to the need we all feel for the love, guidance and acceptance of others, without adding criteria that must be met before you would consider or even acknowledge that love, guidance or acceptance that another has to offer.

Look at the wide variety of people who respond to your posts. They are not afraid to offer an opinion, because they know (or believe), that you are willing to listen, but more important, that you would never lash out in anger or frustration.

The fact that people of many faiths and backgrounds feel comfortable responding to someone's post, on any of the forums, is to me a true reflection of the type of person they are. Not the total number of responses, just the variety of people responding .

Peace everyone