Can we please celebrate the ASAH community for just a second?

[davsand]

Simply put, this really is a very special place with a collection of wonderful people. I never cease to be amazed at the huge amount of knowledge represented here, but what is more staggering is the love and support shown to each other on a regular basis. Our world is a big old scary place and a lot of us feel isolated and needy sometimes. I have never seen any plea for help ignored here, nor have I ever seen a day when somebody wasn't going out of their way to help somebody else. Y'all live the spirit every day, and more important, you walk the walk.

Years ago, when we were struggling to get this forum put together, I don't think we had any idea what it would grow to be, nor did we realize what a haven it would become for so many souls. There was a group of us that wanted a safe place to talk about mundane astrology and how it applied to the political world--some of them came here from the old Salon from when it went pay to post, BTW--and we wanted a place where we were free to talk about the subjects that fell just outside the mainstream of thought. At times, there have been the usual wranglings of personality and the debates about undermining the legitimacy of astrology by allowing discussion of anything else in here. And so we come to today's version of ASAH.

Never forget that for all the active posters we have there are a lot more who choose to read and learn but do not choose to post due to feeling intimidated or feeling what they will say is an echo of someone else rather than anything new. The compassion and caring demonstrated here every day makes that possible for them.

Peace to you all. I love you. And, no, I'm not angling for your Bud Lite!



Laura