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As a “would be” writer, I’ve accepted the humbling Truth that I really have nothing to say that’s so very unique that another might find some value in reading it, so that’s not a topic to take on at this tender moment in my life. But it’s that other thing, students of the mind call it reflection, that sneaks up within me with the ferocity of a heavy weight fighter and knocks the breath out of me, forcing me to stop whatever I’m doing until I regain some self control by “letting it be”, and until I regain the strength to stand up once again as the person I’ve always thought myself to be—only forever changed. Anyone who knows me at this time in my life knows that I write about stuff that’s happened in my life. Some of the “stuff of my life” that I choose to address has been burdensome for a long time, so writing about it is therapeutic. Other thoughts or events that I address are as light and airy as watching a cat wag its tail in that familiar repetitive motion, the recording of which has no more merit than the joy it brings me in describing a timeless scenario of our common human experience.

At age 60 I’ve taken on a kind-of fooling around and jumping on the mattress springs stance to life, and I’m learning that I enjoy both the sheer fooling around (which I never allowed myself to do as a younger man), as well as the kind of serendipitous clarity that enters my mind about events that happened too many years ago to count, but recently enough in that they’re still jostling around and within me. I write because it’s something that I can do, and because I believe that there is a wisdom tangled up within every human being that, when untangled, can deepen the human experience—both of the writer, and the person who reads his words.

Hence, I now find myself keenly interested in this “new trend” that encompasses the entire world through the Internet—-this sharing of minds through “blogging.” As an educator for most of my life, I have encouraged others to gather information and assert a personal “point of view” about contemporary topics affecting our world. My words have sharpened themselves over the years to become like daggers, poking and prompting individuals to screen the massive amounts of information that attacks them daily, and to identify only the underlying themes that, left unwatched, may drive us humans into a destiny over which we have no conscious control—–too late!! The “identity thieves” have plundered our bank accounts, our taxes have exploded in order to pay off the toxic debts of “too big to fail” companies (huh?), Rush Limbaugh becomes a serious contender for political office, and the list goes on and on while we turn a blind eye to matters that remain within our control. Through this new kind of reflection, blogging, we take the time to formulate, and express to one another some thoughtful points of view about matters that matter! My grandmother taught me early in life that the world is filled with two kinds of people, some givers, some takers. We can be sure that the takers are busy among themselves finding newer and more innovative ways to deposit our hard-earned dollars, $4.95 at a time, while we do nothing. Likewise, we can be sure that the political alliances that influence people’s quality of life around the world are very busy shifting and forging new alliances quietly, unbeknown to the average person like you and me.

And so, I have learned to value the single point of view that encourages others to think about themselves and about their world. Blogging is the new tool for this kind of awareness, and I hope to make my own contributions to “conscious living” through the pages that follow. I invite you to join with me in thinking, analyzing, predicting and expressing your views through these Blog pages. Together, we have the power to counteract the takers by our own conscious living, one day, one blog at a time.

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