A Year in Type

It is hard to believe that I have had my blog for one year already. 

It's hard to believe that many things have happened in a year, some even life changing, but there it is.  Who is this blog for? Is it for me? I started it so that I could write about my life and how it changes in, sometimes, small, imperceptible ways that I may not even notice. And yet, I have to admit that there are times when I find it hard write about anything.

I, like many others, see only the mundane when, really, there are so many marvelous things and can be written about. Maybe it's the news and the sensationalism of the bad that make us feel that unless something is "happening" we aren't really living.

I happened to watch a TV program called Catfish which is all about people who create fake personal identifications. Some people, not content in being who they are, create a fake personal image and then using this fake persona create relationships with other people. What irks me is that the people who do this don't seem to really care that they have pulled others into their little web of deceit. Some have many fake identifications and manage to carry on with hundreds of innocent and unsuspecting people. One would think that there would be some sort of penalty, money-wise or jail time for these big fakers, but I don't think there is. Apparently, all one need do is apologize. Some of these relationships, much like that of Manti Teo (currently in the news) have gone on for years and years!

It takes us all to put it together.

Yes, it can be tough to be real in this world that is so full of advertisers throwing so much at us that it make us feel less than what we are. Our teeth aren't white enough, our hair isn't manageable enough, our figures not perfect enough, the list goes on. In this view, there are so many things that we seem to lack that we begin to judge our true selves and that which makes us unique. I think that, that is why when someone ordinary, like you or me, does something extraordinary it is looked upon as something extra special. In reality, we are all capable of doing great things in our own lives even if it means just volunteering or helping others. I have to look around and learn this too. It can be puzzling trying to find our true self, but it's got to be worth the effort!

Bottom line, I am learning to be happy to be me and I am glad that you are you. If we are friends then there is something that has drawn us to each other, there is something that we have found unique about the other one for us to call the other "friend." Thank you for being my friend!! I value your human-ness and your reality. 

Shine on with that extraordinary light of yours! 

So! On to year number two. By December 2013 many more things will have changed in our lives. I hope that there are not too many bad, sad or scary things, life can be tough at times, and that's the hard truth.