..to have a friend is to never be poor... (Julius Turkman)
When you first enter your Second Life perhaps you will experience kind of a shock. Here you enter a world with it's own vocabulary, customs, do's and don'ts. I advise everyone to just listen and observe for at least one month. Try to visit as much regions as possible and respect the people who built their environment in this "game", allthough you don't understand or agree (yet). And enter the next level.
Soon you will find out every time you log in, you will see familiar faces and names. You start to have a small conversation, perhaps a small discussion about a certain topic...
As time goes by, strangely enough you will start to have feelings of friendship for a certain person, even start to love someone. Real feelings in a virtual world? Why not? Virtual feelings in a real world? Think...
I never looked at Second Life as a dating service for real world relationships. I have a very fullfilling First Life allready. For me it is interesting to see how we can interact with each other in a so-called ideal world. What metafysical laws we all will obey, how can we achieve Utopia? Or will this "virtual" world be just a copy of the "real" thing? Interesting questions, and many confusing answers...
I learned to ask simple questions. Also I learned that not all questions have an answer. When I look around me in real life, I see the world torn to pieces by hatred, a world on the verge of destruction because of silly wars...
As we near the end of this year, and I see the news and all the reports, I am very afraid. When I close my eyes I smell the fires burning, I can hear the marching in the streets...
What can we, simple avatars, do? We can do a lot I think. We can express our hope in a good world, where there is no hunger, no tears.. A world where Love & Friendship rule. Let us continue to talk to each other, love each other, help where we can. And I strongly believe that all positive energy, how small it may be, will contribute to a future where we will experience global peace.
Am I sentimental right now? Yes...
Am I silly? No doubt....
Do I love my friends? With all my heart...
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Dear Loved Ones, I send all my Love to You. My wish for 2007 is that we all live together in peace and harmony. As I sit here in the darkness of my room, I can sense your presence. Thank you so much.
I love you...
Helena