Why blog?

Blogging isn't always easy, sometimes we have to search for inspiration.  We look to current news stories,  events, books or movies for ideas to write about.  And often, as bloggers, we focus on our writing so we can just forget about the world for a little while.  With all the violence, hate, suffering and pain that fills our lives, it's comforting to slip into the world of blogs.  Here you can find others that share your passions, and no matter how far apart, you are connected through words and pictures, through shared experiences.  Through brief blog posts we are given glimpses of each other's lives, and we get to share our journeys.  But there are other reasons to blog, sometimes we blog to sort out our thoughts, to obtain clarity, to share with strangers what we can't share with our friends or families.

Many of us often feel voiceless, or unable to express our true emotions, and we can blog to let it all out.  As I sit here pondering the letters on my keyboard, I know somewhere, someone else is doing the same thing.  These posts will you tell you the story of who I am, but only as much as I will let you see.  There are some truths you don't admit, even to yourself.  Maybe that other someone, sitting at his or her own keyboard, will be able to write a post with all the honesty that I am striving to convey.

I've made choices in my life, some I have come to deeply regret, and some are still causing pain.  I can't undo those decisions made so long ago, and though I live with the repercussions, I have also learned from them.  How much easier it would be to forget, to go on blindly exhibiting the careless behavior that led to my current situation.  Since I can't let myself forget, maybe I'll share it here.

So I started a blog that is just for me, just for my thoughts or to record a memory I don't want to forget.  How often I will post remains to be seen, but it's nice to have an outlet.