On Harmony

So, you're going to have to bear with me on this one, I'm typing it out on an iPhone.

One of the things I like most about this show is the way it affects my life. If any of you all had met me before I had joined this fandom, I was not a nice person. I constantly lied, I was perpetually angry, even at people who didn't deserve it, and I was more than a little cruel. To top it all off, I only looked out for myself, even through basic training. Until I joined this fandom, I was just another asshole. However, it occured to me, as I watched, that one of the reasons the characters on my computer were so happy was because they lived their lives according to their Elements. Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Loyalty were all absent from my life, and so, logically, Magic was rather absent as well. I wanted that happiness in my life, and so I made an effort to exhibit these traits myself. Some are a little more difficult than others, to be sure, but I can honestly say that I am happier for it. Which leads me to the point of this post.

I'm going to have to exhibit two Elements now, Laughter and Kindness. Today, I went back to the Starbucks I wrote in yesterday, with the intention of writing a new chapter. While I was there, I departed from my table for about two minutes. Upon my return, I was much dismayed to find my iPad, worth about 550 dollars, gone from the table, and it looks like I won't be getting it back. All my work was on that iPad. Sixteen chapters of my story, over a thousand pictures related to ponydom. My favorite episodes. All of it, gone in a moment of carelessness. I am not angry. I'm disappointed, sure, but I can honestly say that none of it is irreplaceable. All of it is backed up, all sensitive data locked down, with a fifteen character passcode between them and my work. Today I need Kindness, in order to forgive them. They did it because they are less fortunate than I, I bear them no ill will because of it. And Laughter for myself, as I have been severely set back, and so must work hard to recover what was lost. And from you all, I beg forgiveness. I shall be unable to update for a while, as I try to rewrite my missing chapters. Good thing I'm a fan of physical notes, they never took my grey writing notebook.

I am sorry, truly I am. It shall be a while before I can update. Could you find it in yourselves to forgive me?