My honest feelings about USM...
Here they are...
Unvarnished and unedited...
The revealing expose...
Okay... USM is my home on the internet, for many reasons. Let me paint you a picture of who I was when I first came here...
March 2001 : I arrived an overweight, shy, friendless 23 year old with a lot of problems. I never went out because I was scared to live life. I was afraid to talk to people here because I was afraid it would be just as it was in the real world. Cold, cruel, and unmerciful. This world is a fast paced nightmare... no one takes the time anymore out of their busy days to smile and talk a minute to a shy girl who only wanted a friend. Then I met Kysta. Kysta was my first friend here, my first sister here, and I will ALWAYS remember her in my heart because she, basically, was the first friend I have ever made. Internet or no, I will meet her one day, and she will continue to be my best friend. Yeah, I may not know her in real life.. but I'll tell you something, if you have a friend here like Kysta, you have more than you'll ever know. Friends in real life don't mean a thing unless they are real friends. I have learned a lot here, and made it my business to be a part of USM.
I gained confidence throughout the time I was here, started going out, losing wieght, even made a couple of really good friends in real life. What I learned at USM was that there are people out there that care. What I thought of life at that time was that no one in this world cared anymore about their fellow humans. I found family here, people that took me in, people that would take me into thier REAL homes if one day I needed that. What I found here was a little peace of Heaven. And yes, for all you spellers out there, I spelled it that way deliberately.
This, ladies and gents, is my clubhouse. The kind I wished for as a kid, that place in the world I could go, be with friends, having fun, and laughing up a storm, feeling that little warmth in the pit of my stomach, knowing that this is the Norman Rockwell painting of happiness.
Call me stupid, call me crazy, but I believe God led me here to this place, because so much of what has happened here has helped me in my real life. I am a better writer (the career I intend for myself is a freelance writer), because I have wrote so many stories, lol. I am a better person, because I have read stories that inspire me to be more open and kind to others. I have gained so much from USM, I can only believe that it was God's purpose that I be part of this wonderful place.
Yeah, I have had a few arguments with people here... but you know what, it doesn't change the fact that this place helped me when I needed help so badly. I don't know where I would be today if not for USM. I only know that when I was in so much pain emotionally, all I could do was scream inside my head that I wanted to die, God brought me here. And He showed me, through USM, a kinder, gentler world.
Look at me now... I have a fiance, I am getting married in Feb of next year, I am now within the wieght range for my height and age, I have GROWN so much...
When you think of this place, USM, think how LUCKY you were to find this internet address, this little peace of Heaven. Think how fortunate you are to be part of this big family of people who care so much, and how blessed you are to be able to contribute your smile or your kind word to someone who may be screaming silently, where no one can hear... you may not know it, but silent screams for help come from everyone... Even if you don't hear them, you may know them, because you have been through them... Thank God I am here, where I know that if I need help, all I have to do is message one of my fellow USMer's. Thank God help is only a message away...
Thank you all for your kindness, your care, and your friendship... Thank you, George and Ginger, for making this place... And thank YOU, God, for leading me here...
These feelings I have about USM are ones that I have been thinking about posting for a month.. I just had to find the time to make the post. LOL Now that I have, let me say that I'll be back... Don't know when, maybe tomorrow, or the next day.. or next week, but know I'll be back...
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good post. congrats on the engagement by the way..metal princes 
