Something heartening happened on Sunday afternoon.
During the self-introduction session of Project Rebirth
(see https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/05/project-rebirth-rediscover-reflect-recharge),
I asked the participants to share their names and why they signed up for the course.
One said she has been reading moonpointer.com
and that she was curious as to how I’m like,
while another said she has been following my writings since 1998,
and wanted to put a face to the words, some of which helped her during difficult times.
My immediate reply was apologetic,
that I hope I don’t disappoint them in person.
But I also thanked them,
for letting me put more faces to my readers!
Because comments are sometimes few here,
I do wonder at times as to whether there are consistent readers,
and whether it’s worth my time and effort to write on.
Thank you for letting me know it makes a difference! (You know who you are!)
Related Article:
Look! No Looks!
https://moonpointer.com/new/2009/03/look-no-looks
I used to come often last year and put in lots of comments till I think I scare your readers and took up so much spaces … then I was caught up with other stuff and didn’t visit. Will I come again or stay tune for a longer period of time, I don’t know, the future is uncertainty.
Today, I came back to re-read the old post on small talk to Dharma talk. So fast, one year gone! I guess, your moonpointer allow us to share views, only then we know how much we know, do we put what we know in practice (action) or just only as thought and speech or … While putting the long comments here, it indirectly helps me to see some clarity.
I guess, moonpointer serves as a mean like reminder, trying to put thing in different new perspective etc.
Even certain concept we know or think we know but it just have not gone deep enough in the conscious therefore, we could not really reap the benefit of it. Till the day, we all have internalised all Buddha Dharma, I guess we need to read, listen and learn again and again and spend time on it.
Sometime, when I attend Talks, I see only few people yet the speaker still do it wholeheartedly, that really inspire me, maybe not quantity that matter, even there is only one, it is still worth doing if it is a good cause.
It is amazing that you have that energy to keep this going for so long : ) So, A BIG THANK YOU to you … (Y)
p.s sometime just could not add comment (system problem), so people would just let it be, that could be a reason why …
Just to say I enjoy reading your posts and they are very inspiring in a light-hearted manner! Do keep on writing (:
Many thanks for your great effort as well as those of other contributors. After all, it is perhaps through the many contributions and comments that allowed me to see many things in different perpectives. Thanks to all.:-)
Moonpointer is a daily must read for me for the past five years or so.I am very grateful and I appreciate your team’s efforts to consistently put up some short doses of dharma almost daily for us . Amituofo!
I fall more under the Theravadan school but I find many useful and inspiring writings here on moonpointer. Living in the U.S. it is sometimes difficult to find Buddhists who aspire to embody the Dhamma so moonpointer is a source of motivation as well. Many Many thanks for your efforts to teach Dhamma, it is very appreciated. ( Just don’t let the ego hear that 🙂 )
thankyou . . .
you are very much appreciated . . .
I read most of your articles and very often go back to older ones to re-read . . .
they are very inspiring and reassuring . . .
with metta . . . eirenety
~ x ~
Your effort is certainly appreciated if not openly, in silence as well.:-)
starting something, is not as difficult as it seems.
keeping something going, is not as simple as it seems.
Thanks for all the hard work 🙂
most of which are unseen by us
Hi Shian and team,
I have been reading moonpointer for 5 years. It is amazing that you have so much energy to keep it going for so long. Your articles brings insights about life. Moonpointer is one of my main source of receiving dharma and I look forwad to reading your articles every week. Thank you for the enlightening articles and time to produce it to benefit all sentient beings. I couldn’t have thank you enough. Please continue to produce the good work. Amituofo.
Hi Crystal, SL, NoSelf, Lemon, Sean, eirenety, JL, Jetty, Lilian et al, what can we at moonpointer say in return… A big thank you too… for finding the stuff here beneficial, for keep coming!
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(When there are problems with the commenting function, do drop me a note at moonpointer@gmail.com Thanks!)