Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 14:44:15 -0500
From: “
Subject: my bad , clarification and faith
My last post was more about having a little faith in the face of adversity than the way one particular chatlist subscriber took it . I forget that this is in black and white and without the facial expressions and tone of voice that comes with a normal conversation that many times the point is lost in translation . I do not need charity , I do not want charity , I just want others who hit a hard spot in the road to know they aren’t alone. $%it happens and when it does we need to keep the faith and more importantly a positive attitude . I fought depression for years and when things would fall apart and they did it would trigger my depression . I was lucky I never suffered deep depression but it was enough to make life unbearably miserable . A good friend pointed me to the chatlist many years ago and said it was a good way to connect with others in this area and express myself . I have definitely expressed myself here more then once and I have made many friends here and connected with many others who have gone through the same thing .
I wanted to express the things that were broken , busted and leaking as a way to help others with broken , busted and leaking things who were getting into that hopeless state of mind that things will get better . I did ask that anyone reading my post please check out my classifieds on friday and spread the word so I can HELP MYSELF and that was clear in the post .
Don’t feel sorry for me there are others far worse off then I am just take the time to try to understand my post and if you don’t just write me an email like the gentleman below has and I will do my best to clear it up for you . The thing is out of 6000 plus souls on this chatlist I have got so many emails from those who related with me than the very few who didn’t . With that in mind I will put more effort into writing better post’s that are more clear in their meaning . I do know I cant please everyone and well I just wont try . In the wise words of Gene , if you dont like a post ,, just scroll on ! Here is the email and my response ,, and please feel free to reply 🙂
Goodnite Mark
——- Original Message ——-
From : Billy Thornton
Sent : 1/7/2016 1:53:58 PM
To :
Cc :
Subject : RE: Post #5447
Here you go again. If you have something to sell just post it on the classified with out posting your problems ahead of time. When you do this you are just trying to get people to feel sorry for you so they will pay your price for your stuff. This is a thing that I have seen you do for years so it is time to cut the crap out and quit feeling sorry for your self. If you had got off your ass and screwed the tin down when you first noticed it it would not have blown off and created a bigger problem and mess. I have seen others post about your bellyaching and pulling this stuff. You are turning more people off than what good is done.
My email response to Billy :
Its nice to see someone actually reads my post’s . I’m not belly aching , you don’t know me , you haven’t taken time to know me or anything about me . I find it interesting that out of 6000 chat-list subscribers, I get a few dozen responses of encouragement and one like yours . if you know me you would know that I have vertigo and balance problems from being hit by lightning . I fell of the roof right before a hurricane a few years ago patching up a hole and if it were as simple as putting a few screws in the boys could handle it . I offered several people cash to come fix it and no one showed up . I asked for estimates and no one showed up . I climbed up on the roof tied myself off and patched one hole and showed the boys how to do the rest . I fixed my own washing machine and all’s left is to fix Beths Car .
Let me make one thing clear . I do not need you or anyone else to feel sorry for me . The post was about having faith in the face of adversity . I don’t want your charity nor do I need it . Its seams you only focus on a few of the several hundred posts I have made in all the years I have been on the chatlist . The thing about it is I have fought depression for years until I finally beat it . It took me posting on the chatlist to connect with others who have gone through similar situations and those belly aching posts connected with so many people I cant count them all . One lady responded that she had gone through the same thing and it was faith that helped her hold on and to know others had pulled through it too after reading one of my post’s. I’m not a bit upset with you and you are entitled to your opinion but I really wish you had read it as I meant it , a post about being positive and having a little faith . The only thing I asked for was for people to read my classified and spread the word so I can sell off a few things to get us by this month . That’s all . If you cant do that that’s ok . I do wish you well .
Goodnite Mark 🙂