OK, I have to admit I have close to zero idea why I’m doing this. Something, let’s just call it “The Voice of God” for lack of a better label or description, motivated me to start a blog today. Yes, I’ve thought about it before…but I kept coming back to the same self-defeating thought that ultimately prevented further (read:ANY) progress up to this point, which was, essentially “I’m just not that interesting.”
So there it is: maybe my soul/spirit/conscious mind, whatever we’re made up of, has decided to take up the challenge. To do it–for the sake of doing it. And maybe I might find that I say something that will resonate with other people. I started by trying to find a place to put my poetry and other writing on line, an e-safety deposit box (or maybe bulletin board is a more apt analogy) but with access by potentially millions of people. And I probably still will. I have no rules here, just a semi-uncharacteristic desire to express my opinions to the world in an uncontrolled setting. Yikes.
I’m at less that 200 words and I’m already nervous.
Let’s see where it goes.
Talking about myself is probably my least favorite part about this kind of stuff because I'm a little all over the place. I call the blog "Aspiring Optimist" because I am driven to look on the proverbial bright side, but don't always succeed. Like anyone else, there are things that put a knot in my chest, that wake me up at night like an internal chorus of crickets. But I also believe that if you keep living and trying and working and planning, things have a way of getting better.
I love to write, mostly for myself to maintain some semblance of worldly sanity and to work out the kinks. Unless some other people I know who also write, I may occasionally indulge a bad idea or two or three in the privacy of pen and paper so that I can get it out of my head and move on. But I also manage to produce poetry and some short fiction of varying levels of quality.
I gravitate toward the esoteric, unusual, nature-ish, ancient history and generally cosmic side of things. I like to know a little about everything, but could do much better about knowing a lot about a few things...I probably would be a lot wealthier if I did.
I love God, my family, and the ideas of freedom, equality, and peace.
And I guess I don't hate talking about myself nearly as much as I thought I did.
aspiringoptimist 
July 19, 2011 at 3:18 pm
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