Ups and Downs...
From the words of Bill Gates: "Life is not easy, get used to it." Everybody has their ups and downs in life. Its like an elevator ride. To be honest, I sure had mines since the beginning of the year. Still, this whole experience definitely showed me some valuable lessons. I thought the DA controversy from last journal post was the last thing I would feel down about but I was wrong. Just the past week, my brother posted a thread about the upcoming con, Katsucon, at the Cheetaholics forum. As usual, he ask people who are going to con on helping us get commisisons from certain artists. I used to do that as well but I have stopped since last year. Well, it was no surprise for me that my brother did that. But still I never planned to ask anyone until he posted that thread. One person was very nice and who often help us gladly volunteered. But then someone from the forum started to rant about us, making rude claims. However, she did made out some good points about us in the past. As expected, I try to apologise for the inconvenience while my brother started arguing with her. The thread lasted for a week but it ws growing tiring and stupid, posting back and forth, people showing their negative and positive thoughts while we respond from them. Luckily, one of the moderators of the forum saw what is going on and decided to delete that thread. I really apreciate for the mod to delete it.
The thread really made me think. One side of me is angry from the negative comments while the other is understanding the points they made. But the whole thing really got me down in the dumps. Here I am, feeling depressed from hearing comments you never expect they came from people you interacted for years when in fact to them we're just acquaintances since we don't actually know them in real life and its the same vice versa. I talked this over with some of my co-workers from my job. Here's how they feel: they said I should forget about it and ignore what they said. If you really didn't caused any serious trouble, then you should forget the whole thing and don't let it get to you. They were right. I shouldn't let this get it over my head. I've been contemplating on something that wasn't serious. People were just arguing on our way of requesting. Sure, we had done some trouble in the past but we didn't mean to do any harm. Why it should matter to them? Its not of their concern and shouldn't put their nose on other people's business. We request art because we enjoy doing it with a passion. It is one of our hobbies and one of the ways to see our ideas come to life.
I know whole thing is over but I feel like it wasn't. Deep down, I still feel depress about it. But because of that, I had to go over it with one more person. It was with a friend of mines in the FPFC chat room. I explained everyhting what was going on and she understands the situation. She did told me that the people who pointed out the properties of our behavior on requesting, especially from the one person who started the ranting, were right about us. Its because we get so worked up about it and that we shouldn't force people or our apoligies down to anyone's throats. Just like us, people tend to be stubborn and won't accept it that easily. That same person who ranted enjoy messing with other people's lives but she was teaching us lessons in life the hard way. Its a part of life we should expect and that the world isn't made of people who will treat you good even if you did treated them well back. Because of that, my friend suggested I should take it easy, let things be and let time heal. Overall, I definitely learned a lot since the past week. Even after all that, I'm still the same person that I believe that I am. I will try to avoid causing any trouble as much as possible but I will still treat anyone as any other human being would. If there's nothing you can't fix in life, then let them be and best possible way to cure your problems is time. And last and most definitely not least, I shouldn't let life's problems get into my head so much. Sure, they're troublesome but they shouldn't make you stop your way of living. Life is definitely not easy, but it shouldn't be a punishment. Its very mysterious and both good and bad things happen in it. Like I said its liek an elevator ride, but God gave it to us and we should enjoy it while we have the chance. And that is what I learned. For anyone who took the time reading this, thank you.
- GreatDragon AD
The thread really made me think. One side of me is angry from the negative comments while the other is understanding the points they made. But the whole thing really got me down in the dumps. Here I am, feeling depressed from hearing comments you never expect they came from people you interacted for years when in fact to them we're just acquaintances since we don't actually know them in real life and its the same vice versa. I talked this over with some of my co-workers from my job. Here's how they feel: they said I should forget about it and ignore what they said. If you really didn't caused any serious trouble, then you should forget the whole thing and don't let it get to you. They were right. I shouldn't let this get it over my head. I've been contemplating on something that wasn't serious. People were just arguing on our way of requesting. Sure, we had done some trouble in the past but we didn't mean to do any harm. Why it should matter to them? Its not of their concern and shouldn't put their nose on other people's business. We request art because we enjoy doing it with a passion. It is one of our hobbies and one of the ways to see our ideas come to life.
I know whole thing is over but I feel like it wasn't. Deep down, I still feel depress about it. But because of that, I had to go over it with one more person. It was with a friend of mines in the FPFC chat room. I explained everyhting what was going on and she understands the situation. She did told me that the people who pointed out the properties of our behavior on requesting, especially from the one person who started the ranting, were right about us. Its because we get so worked up about it and that we shouldn't force people or our apoligies down to anyone's throats. Just like us, people tend to be stubborn and won't accept it that easily. That same person who ranted enjoy messing with other people's lives but she was teaching us lessons in life the hard way. Its a part of life we should expect and that the world isn't made of people who will treat you good even if you did treated them well back. Because of that, my friend suggested I should take it easy, let things be and let time heal. Overall, I definitely learned a lot since the past week. Even after all that, I'm still the same person that I believe that I am. I will try to avoid causing any trouble as much as possible but I will still treat anyone as any other human being would. If there's nothing you can't fix in life, then let them be and best possible way to cure your problems is time. And last and most definitely not least, I shouldn't let life's problems get into my head so much. Sure, they're troublesome but they shouldn't make you stop your way of living. Life is definitely not easy, but it shouldn't be a punishment. Its very mysterious and both good and bad things happen in it. Like I said its liek an elevator ride, but God gave it to us and we should enjoy it while we have the chance. And that is what I learned. For anyone who took the time reading this, thank you.
- GreatDragon AD