Like a bridge over troubled waters...
Dear You,
Anonymous posting most commonly benefits sniveling elitists who have only chosen to post anonymously because they fear criticism of the unsupportable accusations they have so menacingly launched into the livejournal/facebook community. What a cop-out, huh? Maybe this isn't the case for you?
If you have a problem with someone, it is usually least harmful and most productive to address in private quarters the person with whom you have an issue (unless, of course, the person with whom you have an issue has left you no name or means of responding to the criticism, as is the case with the person I am currently addressing). However, if you, as the instigator, place enough confidence in the unwaivering veracity of this insurmountable grudge to expose the horribly sinful nature of your victim to all of the online community, please harness an ounce of the obviously deeply buried and almost non-existent portion of dignity that courses through your veins for the benefit of your victim, and sign your name to your accusations.
The circumstances surrounding my argument, to avoid hypocritical ambiguity, consist of a series of recent postings (seemingly by the same person) that have rendered me, in the most delicate terminology, as a supremely selfish and ignorant human being.
I won't refute these accusations. Instead, I recognize now, as I always have, that they are completely true, and are evidence of my fallibility as a human being (a fallibility which my accuser must surely possess? at least in small measure?). However, if by some miraculous manner, he or she has reached a state of inhuman perfection (something which -I believe- is impossible for any human being to attain while on this earth), then I would strongly urge that person to reveal him or herself as Our Lord, Jesus Christ, returned again in all His perfection to save us all from the perils of this world.
Somehow I don't think that's going to happen .
SO, to whomever feels I am a wonderfully glowing example of those damnable traits, I would say, you're right. I am selfish and I am ignorant. But who are you to judge? Obviously you say these things, not out of caring or concerned sentiment, but out of hatred, enmity, or (dare I say)... jealousy? No, that would be vain and self-glorifying. But I guess that's just who I am, so why should I even try to comprehend the magnificant wonder of your most noble and selfless demeanor?
Why? Because your ways are not mine. Nor are they my Father's. They are yours, and you have all the right in the world to maintain them. But I ask you this... If what you dislike in me so much is selfishness and ignorance, then why are you so obviously selfish in the manner through which you intend to "reveal" my faults and so blatantly ignorant (or unaware) of my perspective?
Honestly, I would love to talk to you... But I'm sure I have already and probably do so often (since you seem to know me well enough to figure out the password to my Facebook account... pretty pathetic, huh?).
Even though I'm confused about your motives, I want you to know that I hurt for you. I hurt because you hurt. A content human being finds no reason to lash out against other people in secret and hateful ways. Because of this, I must assume that you are not content with the life you are living.
Did you ever learn the Golden Rule? The sad thing is, that's not even a rhetorical question... If you didn't, the basic gist is: treat others how you would like to be treated. If I my actions ever become as uncaring and inconsiderate as your own, I would certainly hope that someone would question my motives. That's all I'm doing here. I'm not condemning you, I'm questioning you. Something that you haven't done for me. At least not yet. Feel free to do so anytime. Analyze me, question me, but don't condemn me through anonymous confrontation.
I will pray for you to find contentment. If that means nothing to you, then let it be nothing. I do believe in the power of prayer, and I hope you will find the peace, fulfillment, and joy that many people experience everyday.
God Bless You during this Holy Week, because You are important and You are His creation. I love You as my Father loves me.
Most sincerely,
Molly Christine Bynum