Be Nice!

i had a nasty experience today which upset me to begin with but then I rose above it after being supported by people I don’t even know.
I have been trying to make contact with refugees who would possibly come to stay.
I put a few posts on the various Ukrainian refugee groups on Facebook.
Now as most of you know we are vegan and I specified that we would like to offer space in our house for like minded guests ie vegan or vegetarian. I know now that there are a fair number in Ukraine. The first man to comment questioned me on this and I replied saying that I couldn’t have meat in the house so it couldn’t possibly work. I then got a nasty comment from him and then one by one others joined in - one even likened me to someone who would refuse Jewish people entry to the UK! The vitriol was horrendous. I then got lots of people supporting me and they then got nasty comments too. It escalated so much that someone reported them for hate speech and their comments were removed. The first man who had started it all off and asked why I had reported him for hate speech! 
I told him I hadn’t but he was not satisfied with that and went on verbally abusing me and others. Eventually the group deleted the whole post.
However, luckily one lady had replied to me saying she was in Ukraine with her two little boys and was desperate to find a vegetarian household. We have been private messaging each other and she is going to apply for a visa. 

I spent an hour doing the mooring garden to calm me down and feel better now. Why do people feel the need to be nasty just because someone is different to them or has different views? It baffles me.
Eddie the sign painter visited us on the boat for a cuppa so it was nice to have a chat and Bella was thrilled to see him.

The poem is not my best 
But it got it off my chest!

114/365 
Be Nice!

‘If you can’t say something nice,
don’t say anything at all.’
my mum used to say.
I have stood by that rule
all my life, every day
sometimes people say things
simply to put you down
to make you feel bad 
and I usually rise above it
I don’t often get mad
but today it was a shock
when I was verbally attacked
on that well known ‘social’ site
however my faith was restored
by others who saw my plight.
these people fought my corner
while I resisted the fight,
I didn’t want to add fuel
but I did defend my post
while sticking to my Mum’s rule.

Other than all that it’s been a lovely day albeit cold.
Hope you all had a good Sunday.
Goodnight :-)X