Celebrate with Me!
Hello Everyone!
Today is my blog's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! I wanted to offer up a big thanks to moreburritos.com and the_matrix_has_you.blogspot.com (i.e. Mike and AJ) for inspiring me to begin my blog one year ago. Thank you also to everyone who has commented through the year and raised some great discussions.
As a tribute to my first post, I wanted to re-post it in nostalgia. So here you go:
A New Frontier
Interestingly enough, my excursion into the new frontier of blogging began on paper with a black pilot G-2 0.7 mm pen. I believe this will turn into a tale of self-exploration more than the sharing of my life, as a true literary masterpice should.
I am a very open person and enjoy sharing my life with others. I do not necessarily believe that the phrase "I can read you like a book" only possesses a negative connotation. Does not one read certain books to enjoy the story, to escape to a distant land, or to further find one's self in the text of the pages?
I have a friend who stated that his true friends are books. A very interesting comment that I wish I had had the sense to ask him to elaborate upon further. He then told me that if I wanted to understand him, I would have to read a book of his. I took the challenge and did in fact learn a great deal about his motivations, thoughts, and view of others. I also rediscovered my joy in disecting the intricacies of philosophy from literature.
To bring this analogy back around, just as books influence our lives from the mother's knee and on, so also we influence the lives of others. We form our own opinions based upon our reactions to the opinions of others. I look forward to you learning about me. I look forward to learning about you. I look forward to learning about myself from you.
Today is my blog's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! I wanted to offer up a big thanks to moreburritos.com and the_matrix_has_you.blogspot.com (i.e. Mike and AJ) for inspiring me to begin my blog one year ago. Thank you also to everyone who has commented through the year and raised some great discussions.
As a tribute to my first post, I wanted to re-post it in nostalgia. So here you go:
A New Frontier
Interestingly enough, my excursion into the new frontier of blogging began on paper with a black pilot G-2 0.7 mm pen. I believe this will turn into a tale of self-exploration more than the sharing of my life, as a true literary masterpice should.
I am a very open person and enjoy sharing my life with others. I do not necessarily believe that the phrase "I can read you like a book" only possesses a negative connotation. Does not one read certain books to enjoy the story, to escape to a distant land, or to further find one's self in the text of the pages?
I have a friend who stated that his true friends are books. A very interesting comment that I wish I had had the sense to ask him to elaborate upon further. He then told me that if I wanted to understand him, I would have to read a book of his. I took the challenge and did in fact learn a great deal about his motivations, thoughts, and view of others. I also rediscovered my joy in disecting the intricacies of philosophy from literature.
To bring this analogy back around, just as books influence our lives from the mother's knee and on, so also we influence the lives of others. We form our own opinions based upon our reactions to the opinions of others. I look forward to you learning about me. I look forward to learning about you. I look forward to learning about myself from you.
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If anyone has a favorite post, write a comment about it here and I'll respond with my favorite post of your own. Thank you all so much!
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posted by bellevoce | 12:36 PM
4 Comments:
I have to admit, my own favorite post is "Blood Diamond: Was Your Diamond Originally Red?"
It is an issue close to my heart and a greatly appreciated the (rather) intense discussion that was raised.
Congratulations for sticking it out where so many others have failed :)
Blog on!
Here is the Anais Nin quote I was telling you about:
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."--Anais Nin
Some flowers are beautiful to behold, but have no fragrance. Some flowers have glorious fragrance, but no outward attraction. You, my daughter, have both. I am so blessed to have you in my life.
Congratulations Elisabeth!
That's awesome!
It seems like you have garniered a unique following to your blog posts that is even outside of our community of bloggers. Thats cool.
-Mike
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