And TYVM. It really means a lot to me that you appreciate these stories...

...including that one about my experiences as a guardian angel for people in need over the years: as with the politely sheepish old gentleman needing water for medication on the nighttime bus ride;

and the mysterious camaraderie - with literally the entire bus of people from all walks of life - that ensued from my resolve to put aside the fear of looking "uncool," and just help any person of good will, however we can.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071492)

Really glad you saw that before I deleted it, no joke. You and I have had some amazing subthreads over the years (your description of me as having BIG GOLDEN RETRIEVER energy still comes to mind at least once I day - no homo, and not flame)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071514)

u know how it goes with timing and coincidences - eru iluvatar loves ‘em. sometimes they swell to a major theme in his grand symphony, as with your story, sometimes they’re just a sly little run in the upper registers intended only for the few ears that catch them, as with me stumbling across this thread in the few moments i was on xo in between sets

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071622)

Especially given the context of us trading work-out music over the years, this is one of the most based things I've ever read, LMAO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071682)

I should probably let you know that I've been going extra Gondorian over the past few months, because for some mysterious reason 9/2 is my pre-destined sabbatical (was going to be 9/2/2021, but I realized there were still some more mysterious seeds of love needing to be sown, as Tears for Fears would say!).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071465)

- Robert Louis Stevenson

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071742)

- RLS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071745)

- RLS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071751)

Some of our subthreads (some about the Eternal Nippon of Aslan's Country, some just sharing our funny shared feeling of strangely benevolent homelessness in this life - and we often feel homeless because this is not our true home, Malcolm Muggeridge and Walker Percy frequently said):

Doors in the walls of the world...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071700)

"So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071758)

- Hans Christian Andersen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5180160&forum_id=2]#45071798)