Hello- happy Monday. Well, I had on my calendar to post today. But I haven't been thinking about anything more interesting than the water meter man coming and what I forgot at the grocery store (cucumbers for this week's school snack). So I got to thinking. To post or not to post. I have several blogs that I follow and when I see a new post from them it is like a friend checking in. I love to "hear" what's on their mind. On the other hand- aren't we bloggers indulgent and often mediocre a fair amount of the time? Should we really be posting so much? Shouldn't we think a little more, be a little wittier before we fill up the cyberspace with our ramblings?
What's your take? Yeah or nay on the posting for posting sake?
And just so I don't leave you totally without anything interesting to feast on. Here is a quote I liked form Phyllis Theroux:
"Children are born with imaginations in mint condition, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Then life corrects for grandiosity. I was no exception."
I'm not completely sure if she means the children have mint imaginations or the parents do upon the idea of having children. I kind of relate more the latter thought. How many children would be born if our imaginations didn't go to the Van Trapps and other optimistic visions of family life? Then life corrects for grandiosity.
Do you ever feel like you aren't special? This isn't a pity me party, but there are a lot of blogs out there and a lot of artists out there. It can be a little disconcerting to see that in just a half hour of searching on line for inspiration, there are a seemingly endless number of people that do what I do (and better I might add). Its a bit of a shock to the old ego.
I'm always searching for a bright side. What I came up with is that there is a lot of freedom when you let go of your ego (but it is a life time of practice). And secondly most of us are at least special to our small corner of the world. And its time worth spent nurturing those people in our little corner.
Do any of you bloggers out there feel a similar experience of being a little overwhelmed by seemingly being such a small drop in such a large sea?
