...calmed down......
-=> Bob Moylan said *this*?
 BM> Ketira (On 17 May 97) was overheard expounding to Mark Probert
 
 K > WELL, since you are running this echo --or so it seems like--, I guess
 K > I am NOT WELCOME here.
 BM> This is NOT a flame... but don't you recognize this as somewhat
 BM> typical ADHD behavior??
 
On who's part?  His?  No......  Mine?  Well, maybe; I *have* been diagnosed
with ADD, and I know that my *mind* is still hyper.
 K > One of the tips for ADDers is:  if you're not welcome, DON'T STAY!
 BM> Still not flaming ... but that's your perception I didn't read "go
 BM> away" in anything he said...
 
"That was then, this is now; the moment is never the same twice."  (Kethry,
one of the characters in Mercedes Lackey's book _Oathbreakers_)
 BM> I don't think your (threatened) departure will cause Mark, or anyone
 BM> else, unbounded joy and/or happiness.  The echo is _not_ only for
 BM> those with ADD/ADHD but parents, friends, professionals, interested
 BM> others or even those with just a passing curiosity..
 BM> Please...take a deep breath ... count to 10 ... and think about it
 BM> again..
Well...... If you're the gent who has been chatting with me on AOL about 
this, I *have* thought it over.  When it comes to anger, I'm like a 
volcano:  I blow for oh....... somewhere between 10 seconds and 10 minutes
(the longest being 30 minutes), then I cool down & I'm fine again.  I 
realize that I need to work on this, and I *am* working on this with
my therapist.  
I *may* end up putting him on my twit list (*nice* feature of BlueWave),
but I think I'll stay and maybe see if I *can* help others for a while
longer.
Why?
Because, after getting *his* reply in email (in *both* email boxes--that
wasn't necessary), I went through it all over again:  I got hurt, then
got angry..... but then, I got a deja-vu feeling.  It felt as if I'd been
in this situation before, and I have.  Mark reminds me of *bullies* who
get ADHD folk mad just to get them in trouble.
Well, I've decided that I'm *not* going for it.  His *opinion* of me may
not be pretty, but I'm not going to give it any thought.  The only opinion 
about my character that *really* matters is God's, and I *know* that S/HE
loves me. 
 BM> ... a good and sometimes strange sense of humor is mandatory
Strange sense of humor?  I've got that.  But a *good* sense of humor?  I
don't know..........  :>
Blessings,
T. Wirs
p.s. to Mark:  if you want to argue about it, take it to email --and only
ONE address this time.  I'd rather not upset the other NICE folk in here
with our bickering.
... To discover proper respect for authority, ask any cat.
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