WHO IS BEHIND THE KEYBOARD?

[Guest guest]

Who Is Behind The Keyboard?

Do you remember sitting in a chatroom, watching people chat, or even chatting

yourself? Do you remember receiving so many forwards that your mailbox was ready

to explode? How about receiving an email from someone just searching for a

friend. Did you wonder who these people might be that are behind the keyboard?

Online we meet new people from all around the world. Some we chat with just once

and then we go on. Others we chat with time and time again, and a friendship is

made. Others become our email buddies, and we look forward to their emails each

day, but have you ever really wondered who was really behind the keyboard?

So often we meet a friend in chat we stay up all night chatting, sometimes we

laugh so hard we cannot type, other times we cry and our keyboards are stained

from tears. We chat about our lives and help solve each others' problems, we

lend a shoulder if we can. Did you ever think to yourself, who is really behind

that keyboard?

Did you ever chat with someone that promised you the world and that your

friendship will be forever, and then they are gone? Do you forget about them and

move on, or do you wonder " who was that person really, that was behind the

keyboard?

Have you ever hid behind your keyboard, pretending to be something you are not,

just to boost your ego? As you sat there and typed have you ever lied, thinking

" who cares, the person behind the keyboard, it is only a fake person? " Did you

ever hurt someone thinking " it's only a game " ?

Well, behind each and every keyboard are very real people, some might be

heartless cold people, not caring who they hurt, but then there are people that

are caring, loyal, honest and all kinds of people hoping for some companionship

online.

Behind the keyboard can be someone who is seriously depressed and their only

hope is to make a friend, maybe an aging person who once had a family, but now

they live too far apart to see one another, perhaps there is someone that cannot

walk anymore or a person so ill they are in the house forever.

As we enter the world of the internet we should remember, it is a very real

world and behind each and every keyboard is a person who has a heart. No one has

a life that is pain free, so as we go online whether in chat or just emailing,

we must remember to treat each person the way the we want to be treated, to

respect each others' feelings, and to offer friendship, because the truth is we

really do not know who is behind the keyboard or what kind of hurt someone may

be feeling. To be the best to others that you can be should be the " key " to a

good, honest life.

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "

[Guest guest]

--- In , " Jan =^..^= " <camommacat2@y...>

wrote:

> Who Is Behind The Keyboard?

> Dear camommacat

I loved your letter in regards to " who is sitting behind the

keyboard. I am new to this site, but have met some on other sites and

i can relate to what you are talking about. I take friendship

seriously and i have to admit i have had a couple of people come into

my life, i was there for them 100 percent with support even on my

worst days, and not that i minded for one second, but in time i found

they just slowly disappeared to the point that i feel they have moved

on to prey on someone elses feelings, thank you for such a special

and true letter,

janet

> Do you remember sitting in a chatroom, watching people chat, or

even chatting yourself? Do you remember receiving so many forwards

that your mailbox was ready to explode? How about receiving an email

from someone just searching for a friend. Did you wonder who these

people might be that are behind the keyboard?

>

> Online we meet new people from all around the world. Some we chat

with just once and then we go on. Others we chat with time and time

again, and a friendship is made. Others become our email buddies, and

we look forward to their emails each day, but have you ever really

wondered who was really behind the keyboard?

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> So often we meet a friend in chat we stay up all night chatting,

sometimes we laugh so hard we cannot type, other times we cry and our

keyboards are stained from tears. We chat about our lives and help

solve each others' problems, we lend a shoulder if we can. Did you

ever think to yourself, who is really behind that keyboard?

>

> Did you ever chat with someone that promised you the world and that

your friendship will be forever, and then they are gone? Do you

forget about them and move on, or do you wonder " who was that person

really, that was behind the keyboard?

>

> Have you ever hid behind your keyboard, pretending to be something

you are not, just to boost your ego? As you sat there and typed have

you ever lied, thinking " who cares, the person behind the keyboard,

it is only a fake person? " Did you ever hurt someone thinking " it's

only a game " ?

> Well, behind each and every keyboard are very real people, some

might be heartless cold people, not caring who they hurt, but then

there are people that are caring, loyal, honest and all kinds of

people hoping for some companionship online.

> Behind the keyboard can be someone who is seriously depressed and

their only hope is to make a friend, maybe an aging person who once

had a family, but now they live too far apart to see one another,

perhaps there is someone that cannot walk anymore or a person so ill

they are in the house forever.

>

> As we enter the world of the internet we should remember, it is a

very real world and behind each and every keyboard is a person who

has a heart. No one has a life that is pain free, so as we go online

whether in chat or just emailing, we must remember to treat each

person the way the we want to be treated, to respect each others'

feelings, and to offer friendship, because the truth is we really do

not know who is behind the keyboard or what kind of hurt someone may

be feeling. To be the best to others that you can be should be

the " key " to a good, honest life.

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> ~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go,

we take a little of each other everywhere. " ~

> ~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me

smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "

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