Thanks, well I would appreciate a personal Thanks

[Guest guest]

Chinese Traditional Medicine, " Susie " <yinyang@b...> wrote:

> >With all the e-mails I get, I for one would prefer if the Thanks

just went

> >back to the person providing the information, if Thanks is all

that is

> being

> >said.

> >Bryon

>

> I do agree with you Bryon that the thanks could be personal rather

than to

> the whole group, but one way to alleviate the problem is to have a

daily

> digest rather than individual emails. I do that and then its easy

to skim

> through the posts that aren't useful. Susie

 

Well,

it is vic's replys that keeps me coming back to post

and translate things.

What would you think if you work 30min on

one article and there is NO feedback at all.

 

It was vic's feedback that asked me after thanking

to provide an article on bloodstasis.

Bloodstasis has so many similarities to yin-deficiency

that I keep collecting infos on that topic for quite some time

now.

 

Besides:

I *never* got any 'personal' thank you email.

Never.

I havent learnt the lesson yet that says:

Don't be dependant on others.

 

Just switch of the 'send individual emails' function

and all of you use more descriptive Subjects

so one knows what to expect.

 

Greetings Tay.

[Guest guest]

Personally, I vote for a posted " thanks " .

Validation is very important for many

of the really helpful e-mails on this list.

The key (and for all e-mails) is to not

drag the entire previous (or 3 or 4) e-mail(s)

with it. I have dial-up and a post of one or

a few words takes no time at all to download.

Repeatedly, downloading the same e-mail

because someone does not take the time

to delete it, or do a cut and paste, is irksome.

 

Delete takes only one more second. IMHO, Kit

 

 

 

 

>

> Besides:

> I *never* got any 'personal' thank you email.

> Never.

[Guest guest]

> It was vic's feedback that asked me after thanking

> to provide an article on bloodstasis.

> Bloodstasis has so many similarities to yin-deficiency

> that I keep collecting infos on that topic for quite some time

> now.

 

Can you share some more about the similarities between Yin Deficiency

and Blood Stasis on here? Please post regularly about it. Like every

time you discover something new or gain a new insight.

 

New people continuously are joining the list and often are unaware

that a particular topic exists in the message base or that there even

is such a thing. And the search function leaves a lot to be desired.

 

Repetition is one of the keys to learning, and there are a number of

students on the list as well as people new to TCM and various

healthcare professionals. Also, sometimes people need to hear about a

subject in different words and from different people before the

information is understood and " sticks " .

 

> Besides:

> I *never* got any 'personal' thank you email.

> Never.

> I havent learnt the lesson yet that says:

> Don't be dependant on others.

 

I don't think of it as dependency but as just plain good manners and

the value of feedback and emphasis. It's also that repetition thing

again, and this list was started with the goal of helping people

learn and understand as much as possible about TCM. Hopefully the

people new to TCM are picking up enough that they will either seek

out a professional where they live or learn enough that they can help

themselves. Hopefully, the students are having an easier time in

school than they would have because of this list. Hopefully the

professionals are gaining new information and insights.

 

We are not robots, and we lose a lot if we mistake becoming more

machine-like with efficiency. The two aren't necessarily the same

thing.

 

Also, I've been around long enough that I know that when a person

reacts strongly to certain posts, it may be because the posts are

bringing up issues that are pressing at the person. For example, I

remember on a CFIDS message group that a person reacted strongly to

certain posts because the person had not yet improved to the point

where he could handle reading posts that were more than a few

sentences long. He was having to face just how sick he still was, and

this can be very frightening with CFIDS. (Voice of experience here,

though having to face it came about differently for me. It was when

I realized that not only could I not do the things I'd rather not do

but I couldn't do the things I loved to do.)

 

I'm not saying something like this is the case here, but that it

sometimes happens and is a possibility. It can be various things

that are pressing at a person.

 

One thing I do try to do for readers who live in areas where they

have to pay for their emails is to delete anything I'm not trying to

emphasize or points I'm not addressing. I try to quote enough so that

readers know what is being discussed. Otherwise it's, " Huh? What

does this tie in with or mean??? "

 

Victoria

[Guest guest]

> The key (and for all e-mails) is to not

> drag the entire previous (or 3 or 4) e-mail(s)

> with it. I have dial-up and a post of one or

> a few words takes no time at all to download.

 

I hope we all will start to do this. Just quote the parts that

you're responding to (so people will know what you're talking about)

or the parts you're trying to emphasize because they are so important

and you want to make sure people remember.

 

> Repeatedly, downloading the same e-mail

> because someone does not take the time

> to delete it, or do a cut and paste, is irksome.

 

It's more than irksome to people in some countries. It's expensive

as they are being charged for amount downloaded.

 

I should have said something about this sooner. My apologies.

 

Thanks,

Victoria