Jimmy,
I agree with you. Life is far too short to get hung up on the little things.

I've not been here that long but have enjoyed the comraderie here. I'm sure we are all here for the same but different reasons. We feed and grow with and from each other. That is part of what makes human, it is part of what makes us a family (ohana-extended family here in Hawaii). We all react differently to any situation: some of us get our feelings hurt, some of us get defensive. Some of us even walk away.

I'm sure whatever transpired was a cumulative of issues and not a single issue. We as a family have been dealt an insult because of the departure of some of our members. We will hopefully lick our wounds and carry on wiser now because of the experience. Most of us will fondly remember the departed and long for their input, but we will stumble ( or stagger) blindly and happily along into the future.

Enough rambling, happy stumbling,

David