Comments on: Inspired by Your Face(book) http://dmsj.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/inspired-by-your-facebook/ rants, op/eds, and mental meanderings Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: xxhawkeyexx http://dmsj.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/inspired-by-your-facebook/#comment-46 xxhawkeyexx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:17:44 +0000 http://dmsj.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-46 It's good to let out the feelings tormenting you by writing, unlike others, who use alcohol, drugs, or violence to "feel better". Keep writing what you feel and think, and don't forget that everything has a solution, but death, so never give up! Great blog, keep it up! http://xxhawkeyexx.wordpress.com/ It’s good to let out the feelings tormenting you by writing, unlike others, who use alcohol, drugs, or violence to “feel better”.
Keep writing what you feel and think, and don’t forget that everything has a solution, but death, so never give up!
Great blog, keep it up!

http://xxhawkeyexx.wordpress.com/

]]> By: kolys http://dmsj.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/inspired-by-your-facebook/#comment-45 kolys Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:40:44 +0000 http://dmsj.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-45 While it might be a little presumptuous of me to comment in agreement with something that was (at least partially) spawned by my own words, I think you've gone a lot further with this idea than I had even begun to look at. I too indulge myself in the notion that someone, somewhere, might be inspired or affected by what I have to say. Perhaps it's because we all want to make a difference, or to believe that we can. Perhaps it's because on some level we all crave validation. I might even go so far as to suggest that for a writer (whether journalist, diarist, storyteller or something else) the ultimate definition of success is precisely the realization of that idea. I would rather have ten people tell me that they were influenced by my words than have a hundred people pay to read them but forget them once their eyes leave the page. Of course, if there are a hundred people out there who want to pay me to blog... step right on up, folks. While it might be a little presumptuous of me to comment in agreement with something that was (at least partially) spawned by my own words, I think you’ve gone a lot further with this idea than I had even begun to look at.

I too indulge myself in the notion that someone, somewhere, might be inspired or affected by what I have to say. Perhaps it’s because we all want to make a difference, or to believe that we can. Perhaps it’s because on some level we all crave validation.

I might even go so far as to suggest that for a writer (whether journalist, diarist, storyteller or something else) the ultimate definition of success is precisely the realization of that idea. I would rather have ten people tell me that they were influenced by my words than have a hundred people pay to read them but forget them once their eyes leave the page.

Of course, if there are a hundred people out there who want to pay me to blog… step right on up, folks.

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