JessFR
Bluelight Crew
I don't normally start threads about myself. Or rather I didn't back when I was active here. But those who know me know I'm big on marking anniversaries, and this is a biggie for me and this place. So I decided to mark it here. Tonight is exactly ten years since I joined bluelight and for better and worse this place has been significant for me. Significant enough that I felt I had to say something to mark the occasion.
It's truly hard to believe it has been as long as it has. I don't know why, but I actually remember quite vividly joining bluelight. I was on my then bf's computer in his room as his parents place, not long before we got our own. I'd never have expected so much of what I would experience over the ten years to come. Either here on bluelight or in real life.
I've thought a fair bit since leaving last year if I'd ever return to being active on bluelight. Saddly much as I do sometimes miss the early years, I don't think I'll ever be active here like I used too. But there's much I was glad to be a part of here. Most of all the simple stuff. Giving people advice, support, information, or just letting them know someone cares.
That's always been the thing I felt was most important here, as in life. Helping people. It's probably the most fundamental value that makes up who I am. That people matter. That people helping each other is the single most positive thing humans can do. That it should be at the heart of every decision. I can't claim I have been perfect at it. Far from it, in my addiction I've probably done more harm to others than the average. In truth nobody is going to be perfect at it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
Be good to each other. It doesn't matter how much bad is in the world, or how futile it might seem. Every human is irreplaceable, of a value that is incalculable, and exists in the world for so very brief a time. We are all we have, even the smallest act of kindness matters.
Till next time.
It's truly hard to believe it has been as long as it has. I don't know why, but I actually remember quite vividly joining bluelight. I was on my then bf's computer in his room as his parents place, not long before we got our own. I'd never have expected so much of what I would experience over the ten years to come. Either here on bluelight or in real life.
I've thought a fair bit since leaving last year if I'd ever return to being active on bluelight. Saddly much as I do sometimes miss the early years, I don't think I'll ever be active here like I used too. But there's much I was glad to be a part of here. Most of all the simple stuff. Giving people advice, support, information, or just letting them know someone cares.
That's always been the thing I felt was most important here, as in life. Helping people. It's probably the most fundamental value that makes up who I am. That people matter. That people helping each other is the single most positive thing humans can do. That it should be at the heart of every decision. I can't claim I have been perfect at it. Far from it, in my addiction I've probably done more harm to others than the average. In truth nobody is going to be perfect at it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
Be good to each other. It doesn't matter how much bad is in the world, or how futile it might seem. Every human is irreplaceable, of a value that is incalculable, and exists in the world for so very brief a time. We are all we have, even the smallest act of kindness matters.
Till next time.
