Reading the stories here on SOL has affected my life. Many authors, such as Lazlo Zalezac, Al Steiner and many more, have greatly broadened my horizons. They have allowed me to find out many things about myself that I never would have otherwise learned. While not everything that I've found has necessarily made me proud, I have learned that without such self knowledge there can be no growth.
I sincerely hope that someday, in some small way, something that I write can touch somebody else. This is my way of saying thank you to the SOL community.