Are posts mean or nice?

Ever been on a message board, someone posts a comment and you lay into them thinking 'how horrible for them to say such things!'. Later you find out they didn't mean it that way and a couple people are now mad at you for posting back in anger.
Hmmm..
Yep, been there! Yesterday a post was put on a board which could be taken either way. Comment used a catch phrase most people use who are against the topic and later he praised people which sounded false.
Of course you could have taken the first part as nothing and really believed he was true about his praise at the end. And thought this was an awesome post.
I responded with a tag line 'that I'm not sure how you meant this post' so that I wouldn't come off too mean or supportive. Played middle road and in this case felt it was best.
It was just very interesting to see the posts of the other members. One was very mean and jumped at the guy while others were supportive and thought it was a great post.
It reminded me that we read posts and comments by how we feel or how we see our worlds. If we got a raise today, we probably will see the good in others and want others to feel good with us. If we just broke up, we probably want the world to 'suck an egg' and could care less about what this guy or any other one thinks.
So the next time you read something good or bad, take a moment, relax and change how you feel. Become angry and read it. How does it read? Is it being mean? Does this post pull out all the wrong in life? Now relax and feel a good thought. Really become happy and re read the post. Is it wonderful? Does the post sound happy and fun?
You won't be able to do every post this way. Some are mainly horrible and some are really happy go lucky ones. Still there are the ones which border in between good and bad. Those you will find this works really well with. You will learn how your own moods and thoughts become the world around you. And how important it is too be careful before posting, commenting or saying things.

Your Psychic Friend,
Terra Graves