Thanks wellbeyond.

I have several friends who I have met through the org but have never met in person. They are "real" to me and they know who they are.

Well said Diva as well.

Thanks 4 sharing that with us. It was deep, very deep!

Point taken Wellbeyond, u are a beautiful person to have the courage to share this story with us. I think that Elisa would approve as well, she will be with you always in spirit.

Please note that my signature has nothing whatsoever to do with you.

That was just beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing that.

I think we are all here to be effected by and have an affect on people. I think we should all try thinking about the HOW sometimes. Maybe we can cure the infections eh?

"Condition of the Heart" seems very relevant to me right now.

This is just further proof that you don't need physical contact to touch someone's life.

Very nice experience WB.
2 souls ment to meet spiritually.

The internet can b very tricky.
it can b one extreme to the other.

it can be very evil in a sense where people can be liying deciving with ease due to the anominity.

or it can be a soul shareing experince where the inner self is truely revealed and shared without socities emphisis on looks, race, age, etc...also due to the anominity.

its all a matter of how the user uses the internet experience.

every experience we encounter molds our souls...
what a nice touch she left upon ur soul...
and u onto hers.

hey wellbeyond, did she know that you were wellbeyond on prince.org??? Just curious...

There are books of love letters between a man and a woman. Maybe they initially met face to face, but life caused them to be apart and they expressed their love through writen word.

Relationships are what you make them, either face to face, by letters or via the internet.

Because of circumstances in my life, I have come to think of some of the people here as my friends. I don't know if they know it and I will not impose myself on them, but they brighten my day when I chat w/ them and for me, that's something a friend does.

to you Wellbeyond. Thanks for telling your story.

Are there cliff notes to your story? Cuz my attention span is wiggiddy whack!

Ahhh shit...I'm teary now!! Damn it, I hate when that happens!

I gave up on online chats on a personal level because I was being real & sharing with people, and someone I considered a "friend" based on the amount of time we had spent chatting about ourselves turned on me, and it actually hurt my feelings. So I decided I'm too sensitive to participate in that level of chatting. I'll go start a ruckus in a room and that's it.

I missed the comments that ispired this. I take it people are raggin on other folks about believing that they have online friends, that same ol mess about nothing online is real?

I think what U can get online can be MORE real than in person, because your only activity is WORDS and THOUGHTS, and what other communication can be so real, if done sincerely?

I hope U come out with your book sometime soon, Wellbeyond, and that you will choose to reveal your author name to us, because you're a very heartfelt writer and I'd love to read it.

amazing!

wellbeyond said:

Thanks
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online friendships are often refreshingly free of the emotional baggage that comes w/ face-to-face contact... a well-written message can somehow ring truer. and last alot longer...

thank you for your amazing experience, wellbeyond... i've had a few of my own.

You are so right. A bond between two people in 'real life' isn't necessarily closer or more special simply because they can share the physical.

The bond between two souls, who connect merely through words about very personal subjects, which only these two souls understand and about which they trust each other like no other, can take your breath away. Isn't life simply beautiful and amazing, to work in these mysterious ways?

I hope that you will find the time and strength, to cope with your grief over Elisa's death, because you must miss her as much as the people in her 'real life' do.

Thank you for your story, and for the time you took to share this with us, Wellbeyond.

Thank you for showing us, that bonds between two people... two souls, can go well beyond the physical bond between two people.
I hope it makes more people realise, that this Internet,...is truely amazing and I hope it will continue to create bonds between people worldwide, as it did between you and Elisa.

May her soul rest in peace.
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wellbeyond BelleBeyond

When I decided to post this, I wasn't sure if it was a good idea...and I was equally unsure if anyone would actually read it, or just pass over it and consider it yet another long-winded post by WB, and not worth the trouble...and it was a little scary, putting something this personal out like this...

So I'm being 100% sincere when I say thank you to everyone on this thread for spending some of your valuable time to read this...as well as for responding to me with your own thoughts on here, in orgNotes and a few of you in emails...I appreciate it deeply...I appreciate it, because it makes me feel as if you appreciate what I had to say...as well as what I experienced with Elisa...so thank you...

To Lovemachine, it originally took me around 2 hours to write it...

To IrishEcho..."Still, the idea that you would peep in the window at your little sister..."...LOL!...Thank you for writing that...

To Therapy, good luck on Thursday...

To TheResistor...thank you yet again, for your compliments...

To Dragonique...um...lol...that's one darkly poetic experience you detailed there...

To Belle...lol...thanks for the hug...lol



Ok...you can all go back to viewing me as an arrogant, hair-splitting, nitpicking, know-it-all prick now... 8)

Oh, and Divo...no, she didn't know I was even on Prince.org...I joined this site right around the time she first "disappeared" and left for France...The times I got to talk to her after joining P.org were, unfortunately, limited...so when I did talk to her, the last thing on my mind was talking about Prince...

IrishEcho said:

Gee Irish, for a minute I thought you were being sincere!!

Beautiful story WB. Took an hour to read it, but well worth it! Makes you think....
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wellbeyond said:

You're welcome, Wb...

Wow! Wellbeyond you are truly a treasure and I am so glad to know you..

WB

Beautiful & honest, that's why you get the hearts my friend...

WB: wow. congratulations to you for not being cynical and extending yourself beyond the call of "chat friend" duty.

you're a good man charlie brown.

thank you for sharing.

Well brought tears to my eyes. Absolutely beautiful story. I don't know what else to say

Blue
Goodbye All

There's a reason why we all come here everyday, or every other day...we have grown to like/love one another.

We come here to see what someone has said, to click on a post written by someone we look forward to hearing from.
To read a thread started by someone we respect or care for.

I have always appreciated what Wellbeyond has had to say, and have clicked on his threads and read his posts hoping to see his sarcasm or wit, or sarcastic wit...and he almost never let me down...even though I really didn't know him.

This post, however, I was not prepared for...and for the first time here at this site, I find myself carefully looking at what I've written in response. (note: the first time ever lack of Princebonics in my post!)

I am truly sorry for the loss you experienced. I know exactly how you feel when you speak of the thought that internet friends are just that...to exist only on the internet. This post has truly changed my thinking in that vein.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story...God Bless.

Wellbeyond

Thanks for sharing such a painful and sincere part of your life. Many times I've also wondered how important I really am to others whom I meet online. A short email or IM conversation seem so insignificant...but the power of words is truly amazing, as is the human connection. No matter what kind of medium people use to communicate, there is always the opportunity for a strong bond to form. You and Elisa obviously had the fortune of having such a bond. And I do believe that your "beautiful" comment to her must have done wonders for her self-esteem at the end of her days. Much love and peace to you. What a beautiful soul you must be.

I wonder if this might help persuade a certain person to stay

narcotizedmind said:

As much as I and a lot of other people would like that to happen, sometimes one’s mind is made up, and one just needs their time away… especially if this place isn’t adding positively to their life and is instead detracting from it.

But of course, in life…. things change, and maybe once things have healed or settled, that certain someone might come back, on the other hand… maybe not… All that really matters is that one is doing what’s best for their lives…. No point lingering somewhere if it doesn’t feel right anymore.

Diva said

You are quite right of course. I just thought it was an amazing coincidence that just when anyone with any sense was getting ready to leave, along comes the best post EVER and reduces us all to tears.

Communication is communication. It doesn't matter whether or not it is electronic, face to face, or on paper. Connections, friends, and enemies, are made and lost. What a great (if heart-wrenching) story to prove this point. Thanks wellbeyond.