You cannot imagine, how long it has taken me to get to this point. For so long now I have thought having my own blog but I never seemed to be able to get started on it. The excuses have been many. It just gets to a point where you have to acknowledge that excuses are just that, excuses. And so by starting this one, I believe that I am getting over my so many excuses and actually doing it, owning a blog.
I am a generally a very critical person, needless to say, I do not spare myself of this aspect of myself. More than anyone else I criticize my own ideas and often the criticism is so heavy that I spend two years toying with the idea of a blog without getting to it. But rejoice with me if you are reading this because that is the surest evidence to the fact that the blog took off. Like the wise people say, anyone can start something but only a select few can maintain something good in its goodness over a long period of time. I am referring here to the whole excellence is a habit idea that Aristotle stated long long ago. And it always boggles me the things those people were able to see and say, that remain true for us today. I am digressing. My point was supposed to be, as I beat my own chest for getting this off ground, the true test of my excellence if at all we can call it that, will only be determined by whether or not I am able to celebrate the first year anniversary of my blog about a year from now. If that does happen, it will be a good birthday treat for myself, seeing today is a day after my birthday.
I expect I will be writing about the things that interest me. These include religion, particularly Christianity, politics and a bit of everything about life and people. My interests are as broad as the interests of a preacher and a politician combined. Disclaimer; I am not talking about fame, money and power. I think it's regrettable that these three are so easily the basic motivations of both politicians and preachers today. I am an idealist of sorts. I believe this world can be changed for the better and, I believe I have a mandate to be a part of that change, a change catalyst or driver. And these things will be reflected in my blog. I sometimes have controversial views, my hope is they will gain me readers and comments, rather than lose me readers. I must confess, I love audiences. Some of the best moments of my life have been in front of people. Saying something I believe will contribute in making this world a better place. I would not have started this blog if it were not for the hope of reaching someone and hopefully engaging over some idea that will make this world a better place.
My goals for this project include;
- Gaining readers who respond.
- Developing the discipline to write (at least a post a week-an interesting post)
- Venting: you can expect a lot of that
- Sharing interesting ideas.
Some of my writing I expect will be a bit formal. I am hoping to be posting some of my academic papers here. That said, I am no academic and it's sure gonna be a while before I can be considered one. I will write I expect from my experiences and the things I observe about me. Once in a while I will be tempted to talk about the experiences of the people around me. My prayer is, if I do fall into this temptation, let me do it without hurting the people who are dear to me.
Food for thought
Someone says, A writer can be defined as someone for whom writing is more difficult than other people. How would this thought translate to Theology. A theologian is someone for whom the Christian Faith is especially difficult, incomprehensible, infuriating.....Just some interesting idea from one http://jamesbradfordpate.wordpress.com/2007/08/
Until the next post, I await to hear from you.
