After more than two and a half years, I am back to blogging.
During the interim, I got on FaceBook with the aid of my daughter Rachel.
I enjoy it in many ways, but it doesn't provide me with a place to share my musings about life.
Facebook is like a snapshot; blogging is more like….well, let's just say more.
I am going to let my friends on FaceBook know I am back on my blog, and how to find me.
And I hope some folks find me who I don't even know----yet.
So why, with all the kinds of media communication out there, do I choose to blog again?
First, honestly, for my own sake. It keeps me musing, keeps me writing, and helps me feel connected with others. It also surfaces, clarifies, and expresses things that don't seem to
come up when I don't do this.
In a way, it feels like a sort of public journal, a way to let others know what I am experiencing and pondering below the surface events of (my) life.
As I scroll back through my blogs, I have come to realize what a valuable record they are of all this. In fact, I have a three-ring notebook with all my previous blogs printed up in it, book-fashion. As you might guess, I love books, and I like having things I have written in that kind of format, not just in digital form on a computer. That feels too "ether--eal" !
I happen to believe that we all do whatever we do in the first place for ourselves, even when we call it service to others, or social action, or whatever other label we use. That doesn't mean we don't also do whatever it is for others too. But it's both.
Let me give you an example. I give someone who needs it a ride to the doctor. I don't really like driving all that much, but still, its not just to help the other person, it's for me too. I will feel good that I did it. I am willing to have this experience, and be with this person needing a ride, for I expect I will learn something or get something else valuable from this act of service.
That includes any so-called "negative" part of the experience.
Ponder what you do, and assume you are doing it, at least in part, for yourself.
What comes up for you?
I look forward to your comments on that following this blog!
I am going to let my friends on FaceBook know I am back on my blog, and how to find me.
And I hope some folks find me who I don't even know----yet.
So why, with all the kinds of media communication out there, do I choose to blog again?
First, honestly, for my own sake. It keeps me musing, keeps me writing, and helps me feel connected with others. It also surfaces, clarifies, and expresses things that don't seem to
come up when I don't do this.
In a way, it feels like a sort of public journal, a way to let others know what I am experiencing and pondering below the surface events of (my) life.
As I scroll back through my blogs, I have come to realize what a valuable record they are of all this. In fact, I have a three-ring notebook with all my previous blogs printed up in it, book-fashion. As you might guess, I love books, and I like having things I have written in that kind of format, not just in digital form on a computer. That feels too "ether--eal" !
I happen to believe that we all do whatever we do in the first place for ourselves, even when we call it service to others, or social action, or whatever other label we use. That doesn't mean we don't also do whatever it is for others too. But it's both.
Let me give you an example. I give someone who needs it a ride to the doctor. I don't really like driving all that much, but still, its not just to help the other person, it's for me too. I will feel good that I did it. I am willing to have this experience, and be with this person needing a ride, for I expect I will learn something or get something else valuable from this act of service.
That includes any so-called "negative" part of the experience.
Ponder what you do, and assume you are doing it, at least in part, for yourself.
What comes up for you?
I look forward to your comments on that following this blog!
Oh, this is so true for me. I get comments all yhe time from folks who use adjectives like generous, caring etc when describing me. I have often said, no actually I am very selfish. Doing things for others makes ME feel good. I get so much more in return tbat it feels like it isore to my benefit than theirs. Both in the feel good aspect and in the actual gain of return favors and pay it forward activity tbat I see happen as a direct result sometimes.
ReplyDeleteYou said it so well! My experience too. Thanks for your comment.
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