Dave's Journal

OK. So I’m new to this. I have Journalled in the past, but not terribly much in the present. I am finding, though, that I am thinking more about life, challenges and issues that arise. So blogging may save me from lugging a Journal everywhere.

I must admit, though, there really is something to having a nice pen or pencil on your hand, the swirl of your letters as you form words, even just the look of what you have written on the page.
Unfortunately, my utilitarian tendencies tend to smother my desire for the scent of graphite or ink on fresh paper.

Other blog-relevant desire might be my secret and selfish hope that someone else might find all this interesting. Time will tell. Yep. Unfortunately, it probably will.

I guess the big deal is being able to look back over impressions, events, feelings. Things I have loved. Things that I have disliked, or even railed against. In all this there is learning if you look hard enough and you write honestly. Perhaps that’s my basic desire.

Socrates, I believe, issued the great imperative ‘know yourself’ and The Book disparages people who look at their faces in a mirror and, after looking at themselves, go away and immediately forget what they look like.
I don’t want to do that. I don’t want that to be my life. I want to learn about myself, about life, and how you do it. In that way I may be used to give some help and or leadership to others who share the quest.

So, we’ll see how we go. I like writing. I like learning. Whether I can develop both in a purposeful and worthwhile relationship only time will tell.

Thanks for sharing the journey with me.

Shalom!