Drop the Rope - Part VI

[Vanilla]

Success is about thriving. To me repairing an M is one of the pinnacles of success here. In some cases it takes years.

But consider the successes that are here, to me there is Joe who became a wonderful dad to his kids, Edz whose greatest achievement was his R with his son, HPoriot repairin his R with his dad and forging a deep bond with his son, Pigpen Fogg and Mutatio with sobriety and personal growth, Dawn with her peaceful new life with Molly, Greengrass who has forged a great R with a new bf, Schermann and Zelda who survived considerable abuse to become super successful.......

There are so many stories of success, so many that Mozza created a whole nest of them. We all have our favourites, Little who found peace, Di-Mond who over came hoarding of others burdens, there are so many.

It takes time, it doesn't happen overnight. To a certain extent the boards are a reflection of the underlying ethos of the founder and the drive of the more experienced posters. The mods do a great job and the vets Sandi, Wonka, 25, Cadet MrBond do a phenonomal job.

I think the bulk of the mood is governed by the peers with 1,000 to 7,000 posts. Newcomers is the hardest really as there is so much distress and this is usually the starting point before transitioning to other open forums. It is helpful too to have Cadets introductory posts as all newbies receive the same useful and mind opening information.

At first I believe we see repair of our M as the only success standard. It isn't so, there are as many successes as there are posters. Even providing comfort in dark hours is a success, not to be under rated or under valued.

I think without this board as one of my resources I doubt if I would even be thinking of thriving. Let alone moving forward with those goals. Being a work in progress in some sitches is a success, to me success is a journey not a destination.

I see so much success here, it is inspiring to be part of it. As the grateful recipient of support, it is a great pleasure and humility to me that others allow me to be part of that journey.

You too are a success if you chose to see it that way, I have seen much shift of late in you. That dear brave one is success.

V