So, this is how it begins ...

Here's my basis for what I'm doing: I don't believe there are many people who are honest with their 'posted' comments, regardless of the social media format they are using. The whole point of the social media is to be able to have your 'thoughts' read by others (most likely those you know). I truly believe that we're creating a verbal house of cards; a lot of comments with ulterior motives without a foundation that has anything to do with the writer, in truth.

We want what we want and for some that's to just get attention by others, to be seen as funny, witty, insightful, original, motivational. Are we looking to define what we'll be remembered for, when our life is reviewed and possibly judged?

I don't think many of us are actual trendsetters. I don't believe there are many truly original thoughts or ideas. Just look at most movie, book, and TV plots; it's fairly easy to see patterns in the writers' creativity. There's a formula to plots and a formula for almost everything else in our lives. We follow what we believe will generate our chosen result. If it's somewhat different than someone else's previous venture, then we have found a new twist. But was it 'new'. Isn't much of what we are, much of how we react, much of what we think simply a by-product of what we've already learned, experienced, or observed from others.

This will not be a monologue of societal complaints. I'm not an educated man. My opinions are more valuable to me than to anyone else. But, for my own benefit, I want to just write what I think, in a format that I can later easily review, and through which I want to feel free to be 'me'. At best, I hope this helps me to discover what I consist of; thoughts, values, ambitions, hopes, contributions, and the like. I am a deeply spiritual person and most of my days are filled with an analysis of my actions compared to scriptural teachings and eternal principles. But this does not preclude my 'mindful wanderings' to uncover, or discover, who am I and what am I to do.

I want an avenue to say what's on my mind with no thought that anyone I know will every read it. Consequently, I hope this is the most honest evaluation of me that I can find/create. In the unlikely event, someone stumbles across this, I may be completely embarrassed, but I hope that it is never interpreted as a reflection on my wonderful wife, my posterity, or my heritage. I have been given a much better direction in this life than I probably deserve.