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Hi @abigail-dantes

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**You're completely right.** As soon as I read your answer I was filled with guilt. Yesterday, perhaps, I was so focused on trying to make and release a good challenge for the new tag that I completely forgot to be polite. I'd like to apologize. **I am so sorry.** I admit my mistake. I did not read your post and I came asking for something. And the only one who lost with it was myself. I'd like to ask what I could do to correct my mistakes. I am not doing it for something in return. Please know that I take away my request for support of the challenge. I only wish for your forgiveness.

Coincidence or not, the title of your post **"What Do you Do When Things go Wrong?"** or for my case, ...when you do wrong... *The Dark Forest* is where I'm about to go If you're still upset with me. I wish I could turn back time or or being able to *travel in time*. (And I hope you just had at least a half smile)

Like Sandra, I abandoned (or maybe just forgot) my "old philosophy", I've always been very polite. Or maybe it was a unconscious self-destructive behaviour? Please, do not get me wrong. I do not want to match Sandra's suffering in any way. And not even to the suffering of yours with your father's illness and death. But anyway, the only thing I'm sure of, is that it "*has gone awry*".

In fact my focus should be on my dissertation. But I'm in a process of avoiding it. I do not know why. In the "Selective Attention Test" I counted 11 times, and no matter how hard I tried, I believe the gorilla got me in the count. And my ADHD as well. But how come you did not see the gorilla ??? o.O I think I'm part of the other 50%, right?

**Moving on...**

I would like to... No. I want to believe that I am emotionally stable. Unfortunately, I can not say it with absolute certainty. I'm a pretty positive person, I guess. But a while ago I was very negative and complaining person. Over time I managed to reverse this custom in my life. I felt much better after this change.

I have a tendency to accept everything I experience as a form of learning. All we live is a new knowledge. Whether good or bad, we learn. I do not know who you are, I've never seen you in person and I believe it's very likely we'll never meet outside the virtual world of Steemit. One may think, perhaps, 'it was just a **NO**, let's ignore and keep trying...' But not me. As Sandra got stronger, I've learned. I just grew a little more with this experience. I probably already knew this, maybe I forgot, or maybe not... It will not happen again anytime soon. I hope it never happen again, but I can't say that. I don't know the future.

**I hope Snow White is doing well...** lol

I had and most likely still have too many *"Dark Forest"*. This situation I put myself yesterday asking you for support without even giving anything in return, not even the reading of your work could be the entry of a small "Dark Forest". Instead, I'd rather take responsibility for my actions, apologize to you, and promise that I'll do my best to make sure it never happens again. Thank you very much for pointing out my mistake. That made me learn a lot today. Also, your text is amazing and made me learn even more. Your post will help me in my dissertation which deals with the construction of a subjective space of expression of a medieval woman, Christine de Pizan (1364-1430).
 
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