Wow, it has been a very long time since i last posted on this site. I almost let it get away from me. Here i am though, back at it. I want to make sure that this blog doesn’t make its way onto the the bottom of a long list of things i got very excited about for a short period of time and then lost interest in forever. Its not so much that i’ve finally decided to always finish what i start, but that if i don’t use this blog as a way of collecting my writing, i may always have a head full of words and nothing to show for it.
My biggest problem here has been the subject of my posts. I started out on a decidedly political bent, but i never had any intention of remaining a political or even a news blog. I had ultimately hoped to use it as a place to put down some of my stories and ideas with the hope of gathering them up later into something valuable. The problem i run into is that i really lack a starting point. When i have so few things posted, each post is significant. I have to choose carefully what stories to tell and what insights to share. I don’t want to post just anything.
Though i try to be as open and extraverted as i can, i’m still secretive by nature, and i can’t see myself posting anything really revealing until i have a good body of work to slip it into. I guess this means i have to get on my grind and just start writing.
So, as a kind of get-something-on-the-page as well as a first step into a more philosophical direction, i’m going to lay out this claim i made to my friend Hannah the other day.
I hope for a world in which all individuals have the opportunity to seek out meaning and value for themselves, without fear.
This is a broad goal, addimitedly, but i think its a useful one. It helps me establish an idea of “what should be” to which i can compare and contrast “what is.” Normally i advise people against “should,” as a belief that anything should or should not be can only be a subjective one, and thus is not necessarily meaningful to others. However, in full understanding that there may be no other reason that we “should” have a world such as i described other than that i want it, i will go ahead and want it anyway. I will even go so far as to suggest that this may be something everyone wants.
I don’t think this desire of mine is overly Utopian . I think all the elements are there in our world for all people to lead full lives, seeking out wonder and meaning wherever they believe its hiding. My life has been like this, and i believe life can be like this for anyone who wants it.
I am going to go ahead and end this post arbitrarily right here. I don’t think i have a logical next step to take without a killer segway, and i’m not up to the challenge right now. I have tiptoed into the realm of philosophy and ethics, and i have made no political claims in this post. Also, i have added words to the page, so i think i met my objective. More will follow
