Dear Russ:

Regarding how this online thing works, here on this website:

You are the Original Poster (OP) of this thread. You can post here anytime you want and keep it going and going. Currently there is another ongoing thread that surpassed its one year anniversary. People who respond to you on your thread, should respond only to you (and not interact with other respondents). You can start any post here addressing any one (or a group) of your respondents. I will respond to any post you address to me or to a group that includes me. Often enough, OPs don’t address their posts to any particular person and so I respond to those posts. If an OP ignores my input, then I am not likely to address them further.

You can start a new thread anytime, picking a new title. Since I am the most frequent poster on this website, if you want to start a new thread without my input there, you can do that, and I will continue to respond to you on this thread, or I can withdraw from this thread and respond on another. I mention this because I don’t want this one-to-one correspondence to deter others from posting on your thread/s.

Embrace yourself and your aloneness, absolutely good idea. Regarding loving yourself first- yes, in between interactions with others, be it online here, or with the guy you mentioned and with people in-person. I don’t believe you can learn to love yourself in isolation and then you will be prepared for others. It is both- together time AND alone time. Be good to yourself in both times.

You wrote: “‘what you do to the least of mine you do unto Me.’ has great meaning for me”- what does “the least of mine” means to you?

anita