Comfort Zones

Comfort Zones, we all have them, some of course are more comfortable than others if we are honest with ourselves but all are of our own choosing. i have to admit, mine are in various degrees of comfort and i use them for different purposes, each having some peace and tranquility for me at different times or different periods in my life.
Some i may be happy to sit in if my mood is high and airy, another i may found suits a more somber mood, but all, as i say, are of my own making and of my own choice. It has not always been that way, for a long period of time, i sat in one zone purely and simply because i couldn't be bothered to get myself up and out of it, many do the same, stay in what appears to be the best place only because they do not have the hummph or the wherewithal to make the change, to go and look for something better, A sad state of affairs but one that so many can see no way out of.
However, my reasons for this title tonight is one comfort zone that has been missing or lost to me for some time, that of the cozy warmth i have enjoyed in the seekers chatroom.
Now since this time last year when MSN decided to close the chat forum to those from the UK unless we paid a fee and then used the Canadian server, seekers has drifted to all manner of chat systems, settling for the longest time in one called voodoo, which served it relatively well for a good few months but had a few problems with interfaces and some people either couldn't get in or the system played havoc with their PC's. Chat as we had know it began to fade and wither and was slowly dying through lack of input. However, in a flash of inspiration from a friend who out of the blue pointed MG and i towards a system that was so far hardly known, we have found a haven in the dark recesses of chat that is so much like MSN that its unreal, we have opened seekers there in an instant, informed old friends of the new decor of the room and voila.. We have come home, after drifting in a bland wilderness for nearly a year.
But, what makes this comfort zone something more than just a cyber chatroom, you might ask, well its simple.... the people that come in to chat... to pass the time with good company, old friends and real friends at that, none of this, i am so and so but i cant or wont back that up with real life, face to face reality... no, i mean good real true friends, and only this evening, there i am, talking to people from one end of the country to another, hundreds of mile apart, add to that a few from the USA and Australia and the World Wide Web can be a great zone to be in. Oh of course we get the odd plonker or two but in the main, this new chat room has opened up again, a comfortable place to meet and chat with people that have been struggling for about a year to stay together, either within MSN messenger or by phone/text etc, and believe it or not, we have managed that, to keep a solid little band of long term friendships built up via the internet and chat rooms, together, until such times as we could find a home from home in which we could all, once again, happily sit , in comfort, peace and tranquility and just chat and relax, tell the odd joke, pull each other legs, support, guide, prop up, you name it... but just be there for each other...
i am not going to name names of these people who have created this zone for me, they know who they are, each one of them, holding some little place inside of me, for different reasons, some more so than others but still each one a special individual...and to each, for their comfort and support i wish to thank, for their loyalty and dedication to our dream of seekers and for their belief in what it is that MG and i have tried so hard to build and maintain over the last three years... A Special thank you to you all.