On and On, Anon.

Morning.

Just a few words about anonymous commenters:

Although I usually choose not to respond to comments, I always read them. The Truth is that I enjoy comments - most of them, anyway. When folks comment, it shows me someone out there is reading my blog. Someone is interested in what I've written, and it has stirred them enough to comment on it.

What I don't like, however, are negative, hurtful or glib remarks. Yes, I have written unkind things here and perhaps I need to be held accountable. I won't argue that. But this is my blog, my space, and these are my opinions and thoughts. As someone suggested recently, it's a journal, a sort of online diary. I have been honest about who I am and about what I think, and I have courageously chosen to share many intimate facets of my Life here. I suppose there's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

All I ask in return is that commenters offer words that are gentle, whether directed at me or at each other. Of course, we're all entitled to opinions. But maybe we could soften them somehow. And quite honestly, I've been considering blocking anonymous comments. Some of them lately have really hurt, and it just seems a trifle cowardly to offer critical comments and then scurry back into the underbrush of anonymity.

Emotionally, I am not healthy right now. I'm asking you to be mindful of that. Please be gentle, and if possible, affirming and uplifting in your remarks. If it's admonishment I need, so be it. But be kind.

Please.

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