Starting this blog is a real leap into the unknown for me; I am out of my comfort zone. I am not very good at writing. I know what I want to say and articulate that moderately well (I would say that wouldn’t I). The problem is though, I spend an inordinate length of time trying to make the sentences and paragraphs flow that I tie myself up in knots in that determination to make what I have to say relevant and meaningful.
So why do it? I just feel it may be right time to share my thoughts around the areas I am passionate about; my faith, spirituality in the workplace, politics and the like. Not because they are better than anyone else’s or that mine should be listened to over another – just that I feel all humankind needs to share and communicate more about what they believe so that reflection may be prompted, dialogue begun, experiences shared and more harmony created.
I need to conduct this experiment, which is what it is, and take part in this open process, not even knowing where the blog will end, how long it will last or how often I will add to it; it may lead me back to keeping my written thoughts to myself! I’ve struggled even at this early stage to see how I would begin, but in the end I’ve shaken myself out of my ‘complacency’, reflected on what this venture means to me and now I wait to see what it produces. If it impacts on others in a positive way then that is fine but I rather suspect the impact on me is what is needed.
St Augustine sums up my rationale perfectly and perhaps gives us all something to think about. He wrote, ‘People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering’; let the wo(a)ndering begin.
