Farkel, I'm nobobdy, and I mean no disrespect to your friend. However, if you feel this is in anyway offensive, please have Simon delete it immediately and please accept my profound apology.
To Maximus
We've never met, but I feel as if I have come to know you through your messages on this board. Please excuse me, but I've taken the liberty the past few weeks to read through the archives and, in particular, your postings. I've come to know not the literal man, but the inner person inside who shines through with his wit, intelligence, compassion, kindness and most of all, goodness. I've come to know your spirit, your soul, and it's an old soul; wise and gentle. In your messages, what is clear is that you were genuinely interested in helping others, not out of a self-centered motive but out of honest concern for your fellow man. This is the true expression of Christianity, for you did not seek any benefit to yourself. You gave, without expectation of receiving.
You once wrote: " Click on the envelope to the left to see my hotmail address, and feel free to use it" and I am truly sorry your kind invitation was abused. Farkel has said that you have been hurt, quite badly, by people here who took advantage of you. This report has hit me hard. I've spent hours lately lurking through old messages, long since forgotten, but to me it is all brand new and fascinating. The information, advice and warnings you wrote have meant a great deal to me. Sometimes I felt like a child listening as the adults talked around the table. And I can't help but think if what you wrote means that much to me now, how much more it has meant to the men and women you've met face to face. How many people have you counseled in order to open their minds? How many lonely Bethel brothers did you provide a shoulder to cry on? And how many times did you just listen as someone poured out their innermost thoughts?
I am not one given to expressions of emotion. Indeed, there have been many times my unemotional facade has protected me. Yet when Farkel told how you had been devastated, I broke down and truly grieved. Despite everything, I still believe, perhaps foolishly, in God, a Higher Power who will one day correct human folly. I choose to believe God, this Higher Power, is aware of your good deeds and loving attitude. I choose to believe your God smiled his approval and holds you close.
Peace,
Chris