@skeletor Never a truer word has been spoken, m'lord. If you are at peace within yourself, you can move through any storm the world throws your way. You help me find that peace, every time you post.
@skeletor I forgive a lot of things. Honest mistkes. Offenses that were intended, but then the offender honestly apologizes. You know, human things.
I do not forgive major offenses. I'll accept a peace treaty, sure. But the word "forgive" *does* imply "it's okay", and these kinds of offenses are never okay. Unless the offender makes an honest and equal attempt at restitution and acceots that I may still be upset anyway, there's no "forgiveness" for that. I will move on and put things behind me... but that isn't "forgiveness".
I absolutely love how the internet has turned #Skeletor into both a cultural agent provocateur *and* a font of affirmative wisdom. The "Remember!" videos and the @skeletor account here on Mastodon bring me joy every day. MYAH!
In my desperation to remember the name and author of a novel I read a couple years ago, and my inability to find it myself through websearch, I turned to the Devil.
I consulted Claude.
Who couldn't find it either... but presented some surprisingly similar books I would like to read.
But I feel... disgusted, and I'm not being hyperbolic. I've violated my "not even once" stance, which makes me a hypocrite, a thing I despise. So now I've got that on my conscience this morning.
Friends, I apologize for my recent silence. I have not been able to see. My left eye has been bad for several years. Last Monday, I had a bad hemorrhage in my right eye as well, leaving me staring into impenetrable clouds. Since then I have been listening to music, using a screenreader, and sleeping to pass the time. I am pleased to report a tiny improvement in the situation, and hope this will continue, but for now, life is pretty unfun. Hang in there for updates.