Rumors of being stranded in the Philippines are highly exaggerated (standard:humor, 897 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 04 2013	Views/Reads: 2479/1527	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
It was my birthday and I decided to celebrate it as low-key as possible. I am at that stage in life where I really do not need presents from anybody reminding me of how old I really am. I know every present represents an obligatory return on the gesture a

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Delving deeper into my birthday hacking present I discovered that
although my email contacts were missing, where I once had over 600 
email contacts, I now had exactly none. How do you deal with “none”? 

I now do not know who my friends really are. Their addresses are gone.
How do I contact them? 

I am beginning to think this birthday hacking present is not all it is
hacked up to be. 

Now, my post birthday activity will be salvaging all of those email
contacts. I suppose it is good every once in a while to start over 
again. I guess there is something good about getting a fresh start in 
life. I have often thought of it myself but never in this context. 

I would like to know who my birthday benefactor really is. I would like
the opportunity to properly and fully acknowledge and express to this 
person my true feelings about him face-to-face, and not on Facebook. 
After all, “thank you” does not always say it. 

I think I now appreciate Joseph's feelings towards his brothers who
caused him so much trouble. 

“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive” 
(Genesis 50:20 KJV). 

I am still looking for the good in this situation. For one, I am not
stranded in the Philippines without any money. I am at home without 
money, but that is a different story. Although he hacked my email 
account, he did not touch my soul. 

A rumor can never hurt you if you really know the truth. 


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