Homeless,

I would just ask you to consider that a large number of intelligent, caring people were moved to continue communicating over these matters with you... and that it is very likely that others read all of this with great interest but did not post... and that many of these issues will continue to be reflected upon by a large percentage of these people.

What you have said here may have more eventual impact than it might feel like based on the actual written responses. You see you made all of your points so... cogently, that they will now be part of the common culture of the people who are the Mudcat right now... which now includes you... and which is a new creation every day as well as a result of its past selves.

So... give it time. Give it time, for you to sink into us and for us to sink into you until there is no you and us, just a bigger us... by which time there will be more new folks in need of a helping hand. And you'll be an old habd of some 6 weeks' membership who tries to use whatever wisdom or caring or knowledge you have to make the best use of this place as possible. Which is what we all do.

And you know what? The kind of interaction people need is so completely varied... you can use your sensitivity to discover what kinds of interaction various people here want, and what kind you want, and go with that! You can be proactive about it. You can start things the way you want to start them and stick with them to lend them the air you think they should have.

It seems REAL strange to say this to someone who chose the name Homeless-- but hey. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME, mi casa su casa, maybe you have a home here... all of that stuff.

~Susan~