#eliotss

What can I say??? You are a lovely person and I am glad to have you in my life, if only in the virtual realm. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that all the MBers hold a special place among my internet friends in my heart, there’s so many people I literally grew up with, and you are among them.

Believe me when I say that you are one of the most good people that I know. I am not a “good” person, I have little faith in humanity, and while on some level I trust people to do the right thing I don’t really believe that they actually will. You aren’t like this, you genuinely believe in the love and hope within people, and trust that there is a way to find it, and the world needs more people like you. 

On my bad (or even just below average) days, I hurt people around me, and if I don’t I just seethe internally in their direction. And what’s more I do it because I want to, because lashing out makes me feel better. Even on your worst days, you never seem to go there, you always believe in the good within others, and it’s so obvious how much you care about people—and that’s really inspiring, since that’s how I try (and often fail) to be. I just wish that all those uncontrollable negative emotions didn’t try to turn inward on you instead, because I’m selfish and would rather see other people hurt than you unhappy. 

you’re smart and kind and so caring and I know that sometimes you have trouble seeing that in yourself but I assure you it is there, it was and will always be there. Be assured that I have never had any semblance of dislike towards you, and if you ever need a reminder of that on bad days I will happily reiterate it in 80 different ways. And even though I’m about as atheist as it’s possible to be, it makes me happy to see how positive you are in your religion, how you believe in a way that brings only hope and good, you’re the kind of believer I thought should exist but never really thought did when I was in my angry-atheist years.