Hi Everyone,As we are heading into a New Year, I have done my usual introspective work..... and feel I want to have peace & love more in focus as I travel mey journey this year.I am copying and pasting part of a post I put on another, maybe if enought people know my resolution and hopes for the coming year, I will be FORCED to live up to it....lol...There have been a few not-so-nice posts on both sides here, and I envision it as a watering hole in the sahara desert, because for the few moments the animals need water, they do not fight one another.  Well we come here to get basic needs met, on both sides, and for many reasons.I like to think of it as the watering hole in the sahara, while we post and read here,f we can be at peace with one another, in order to receive what we need from this board.The following is a bit of what I posted at the other board:Everyone is entitled to express their opinion, but why not think about the way you express it, dissenting opinions can still be be posted without doing harm to others if the wording is considered carefully, and if the intent is not to hurt another person.If we check out our motives for the post first, and feel it will add to the board, and enlighten others, but NOT HURT others.. I would love to think that we all can continue to be helpful to all, enlightening to allWe can all disagree with one another, in a peaceful and loving way, and without hurting the other person. Usually this works, when one is not judgemental and does not have a hidden motive of hurting the other, etc.Life is seldom black and white........there are big areas of grey, which leaves a lot up to personal interpretation, feelings, etc. Most times a post is not right/white or wrong/black,its usually grey.Sometimes I like to think I know what is good for everyone....lol..but I am clueless.. I am not queen of the universe..wonder if a blonde ever will be?..lolUsually I know what is good for me, but not all the time, but I seldom feel in a position to decide what is good for everyone else..too much responsibility.All I can do is try and keep my side of the street clean, and check out my motives when I decide to say or do something that may not come across in a kind and loving way and could be hurtful... need to back off a bit, connect with my heart first......then see if I even want to say anything. If it is mostly to be unkind, hurtful, etc...usually there is no real point in sharing it, except for my own 'gratification' of hurting another...again...no real point........sure I may feel better for awhile..or superior...but that is an illusion.Being around a few years has helped me to realize that I am an imperfect growing human being. I do not have to perfect and no one else has to be perfect. We just need to try out best, and on our journey try and travel it with a loving heart, and accepting that no one is perfect, which lowers our expectations of one another, which makes life a lot easier.I guess this is sort of like the 'teacher teaches what she needs to learn'........I needed to focus on all of this for my new year, another year of transition, learning more, makeing changes in who I travel my journey.Peace & love to all of you on your journey. Sweet Dreams, Susie  http://www.justsaywow.com/peaceandlove.htm