The safety of nobody listening

I have moved back from Facebook as a communication medium to being more involved in blogging. I am missing the old blogging days, when a healthy community listened and responded to serious blog content. Even in those days, my writing was less read and commented upon, simply because the topics I find fascinating is less fascinating to the rest of the world. However, we still had a community and I knew some people better than their own families. Indeed part of the problem, of Facebook, is that too many people knows you. They reads what you write about from a paradigm of who they think you are rather than from the content of what you write.

Writing here might not draw crowds of admirers but it is a place where I can put down the thoughts again that is compelling my mind to contemplate. Some of these thoughts might be profound and insightful while others might border on the stupid and weird. In a space of “anonymity”, it does not really matter, for it puts the responsibility on the shoulders of the reader to differentiate the course from the fine.  My writing is not meant to be entertaining nor is it meant to stimulate dialog even though dialog would have been welcomed if it could happen. I have always been open to discussion, sharing of ideas and a constructivistic approach to knowledge expansion on a cognitive level.

It is important to have a place to put down thoughts that are developing rather than completely formulated and well-rounded ideas. Many websites deals comprehensively with topics by experts who believe their views are the final word of wisdom and insight on a topic. For me it is just a place now to dump ideas, plant seeds that still are to grow in my mind.

The question remains: Why then put it on an open platform where others can read what you write. There is always the hope that as I journey along that there might be a kindred soul that happen to be on a similar road and who would like to share ideas and thoughts. I had the opportunity to meet some of those unique individuals. Even though I do not claim to be the expert on any topic, I have read widely, put many ideas into practice and contemplated some topics deeply. I have insights to share, ideas to look at in bewonderment and viewpoints to share and that I am to do in abundance.

The central point of all my blogging was always to find the positive in daily life and to live with a greater sense of meaning. That is why my handle had been for many years Zeal4Living. I am zealous about life and I aim to live a beautiful life fully. Accepted that in practice not all was a rosy path…. I made many mistakes in my own life. A real life is a life with problems, errors and tragedies. There are those unique individuals that can avoid them and live a close to perfect life but the reality is that many of our great historic heroes also had failures and troubles paths. Our mastery of life is not the absence of mistakes or problems but rather being equipped to remain true to human excellence over a lifetime… or at least to continue to strive towards being impeccable in what we do.

I thought initially that in my writing there would be wisdom that I can share with my children…a means of leaving a legacy. Now I realise that the young generation has google and they prefer to find their advice and knowledge from the World Wide Web. There personalities are different and their interests are different. So I will not be writing any longer to leave a legacy or to benefit anyone besides myself. This might seem very selfish but one must gain personal benefit first and then if others gain benefit as well it will be a bonus.