Goodness Shines Bright
16 Nov 2023 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wayfaringwordhackI had a most amazing thing--a bright and happy thing--happen to me, and I think the world needs more trumpeting of news of that sort.
My art course just wrapped up, and there is a paying community alumni can access once it is over. I decided because of the financial and time burden, I would not be continuing. I said my goodbyes and expressed my appreciation for the course and my fellow students...and woke up to a message from one of the other students saying she would like to offer me access to the community for a year. She said she appreciated my contributions so much over the courses, all the time and effort that I put into helping others, that she didn't want to see my time with them end. I was very touched but felt I couldn't accept. Yes, the money is one issue, but the time-involvement "required"* is even more of a hang up for me.
Before I could graciously formulate my refusal, she went ahead and paid it, telling me that she did not expect me to be there all the time, no obligations.
I was so honored and touched by her gesture and the outpouring of love when the others knew I would be continuing.
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*There are no requirements, but I am not a half-measures person when I commit to something and I put a lot of time into something I am dedicated to seeing through.
My art course just wrapped up, and there is a paying community alumni can access once it is over. I decided because of the financial and time burden, I would not be continuing. I said my goodbyes and expressed my appreciation for the course and my fellow students...and woke up to a message from one of the other students saying she would like to offer me access to the community for a year. She said she appreciated my contributions so much over the courses, all the time and effort that I put into helping others, that she didn't want to see my time with them end. I was very touched but felt I couldn't accept. Yes, the money is one issue, but the time-involvement "required"* is even more of a hang up for me.
Before I could graciously formulate my refusal, she went ahead and paid it, telling me that she did not expect me to be there all the time, no obligations.
I was so honored and touched by her gesture and the outpouring of love when the others knew I would be continuing.
______
*There are no requirements, but I am not a half-measures person when I commit to something and I put a lot of time into something I am dedicated to seeing through.