I have a blog. I know there are a lot of different reasons people blog. Some want to be teachers. Some want to share their family updates and pictures. Some have a particular subject of interest that they want to share with the world. Some are looking for a way to connect with other people with the same interests.
Me? I was born with a lot of words. I think in words. I have one child that thinks in music and processes things while playing the piano, guitar, or whatever else is handy to make music with. I have one who thinks in pictures and processes things while being visually stimulated with beautiful things. I have a concrete thinker who is only comfortable with concepts and ideas if all the pieces fit so this one works to find out how everything works together before finding peace. For me, I think in words and process the thoughts of my heart with words. And I really appreciate input from others to help me as I process my own thoughts. I tend to “think out loud” a lot as a way to work things out in my mind. When someone else can think out loud with me, I value that a lot.
I also have a handwritten journal and a prayer journal. But these are private journals and I don’t really want the input from anyone else in those. Here at my blog I “think out loud” a lot and it’s mostly about things related to my walk with Hashem. I’ve also learned that I can write out my thoughts on a subject (like a festival, for example) and even share pictures because in a future year I will need to come back to that entry to refresh my mind and rediscover “new” ideas. My mind may have many words but they don’t always stay in one place, sometimes I misplace particular words for a particular subject. ;)
As I work out my salvation with fear and trembling, I will often share thoughts I have as my own way of working through them. I share them publicly because I know there are many wise people, mainly women, who stop by my blog to see what’s going on here at my house and have great words of wisdom to share with me, and sometimes I am in need of correction. I greatly appreciate the thoughts of others as I am working through my own, which is why I blog.
Amen
and
thank you for blogging
I had an occaision just the other day to put into words just why *I* blog. I did not do so, because I neglected to be introspective enough to really answer the question on a level deep and authentic enough. On hearing your reasons, it suddenly came in to better focus for me what my reasons are. Thank you for your thoughts.
I’m glad I could help. I have revised this entry several times in my mind and will likely revise/update it here soon.
BTW – I like your blog.
I thought you blogged just to teach me!
LOL Nope, just ruminating aloud.
And appreciating the input of others. We’re all learning together and YOUR blog teaches me LOTS all the time!!
btw – I totally get the FB thing and agree with you completely. No worries, okay?
Actually, I think we make much better blog friends than we would facebook friends. I find the interaction on facebook a little too superficial. I “get” blogging much more. Because I love words too.
I think FB is as superficial as anything else but you don’t have room to write much. I, too, enjoy blogging much more.
Thank you, I am a lot like that too. I do have to say, Facebook is nice as a type of interactive yearbook. You can put lots of people in there who you don’t want to lose touch with but who change addresses , emails, phone numbers etc all the time and who you have previously lost track of. It’s unrealistic to maintain 100 or 200 friendships, but at least we can use it to have an easier ability to contact someone if we desire. Anyway. I’m glad you’re on my Facebook
I’m glad to be your FB friend, too. Interactive yearbook – I like that analogy.