Sunday, April 24, 2011
Human Interest Revival
Articles on human interest stories were popular in early twentieth century. There were cases when people was emotionally connected to other people. Today, it is no longer seen except when a major disaster happens, a horrible crime, or something very ugly in that one is necessarily closer to a neighbor or stranger.
And what I have to wonder is how we human beings have become so separated by the difficulties and challenges of everyday life that something catastrophic has to happen so that we're then compelled to approach other beings, to have rekindled our interest in others?
My heart, my soul insist that this not be the case. There should be a renewed interest in human interest stories. Therefore, I created this, my blog, a space to address issues, with stories, stories, anecdotes that promotes interest in others, in human interest stories.
Until next time, I send a big hug.
And what I have to wonder is how we human beings have become so separated by the difficulties and challenges of everyday life that something catastrophic has to happen so that we're then compelled to approach other beings, to have rekindled our interest in others?
My heart, my soul insist that this not be the case. There should be a renewed interest in human interest stories. Therefore, I created this, my blog, a space to address issues, with stories, stories, anecdotes that promotes interest in others, in human interest stories.
Until next time, I send a big hug.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Good Friday is a day of, ...
Good Friday, it is a good day indeed. It commemorates mores than the death of our Lord and Savior.
What does that more signify to me than just the day in which our Lord Jesus Christ was put to death and took our sins unto himself?
How about this day being a day of new beginnings? The kickoff of a fresh start.
It means that when we screwed up in our own eyes and in the eyes of other people, it doesn't have to condemn us to being mediocre. It means that we don't have to define ourselves by the disapproval of other people. It means that other people are nobody to hold us down, to be the ones who count where our character, our worth as human beings is concerned. It means that all that is behind us, that Jesus Christ pours his own righteousness upon us who would receive him and that all the filth we had inside no longer exists.
And to top it all off, he rose again from the dead and none of our sins could keep him from rising.
And that is a very good Friday.
What does that more signify to me than just the day in which our Lord Jesus Christ was put to death and took our sins unto himself?
How about this day being a day of new beginnings? The kickoff of a fresh start.
It means that when we screwed up in our own eyes and in the eyes of other people, it doesn't have to condemn us to being mediocre. It means that we don't have to define ourselves by the disapproval of other people. It means that other people are nobody to hold us down, to be the ones who count where our character, our worth as human beings is concerned. It means that all that is behind us, that Jesus Christ pours his own righteousness upon us who would receive him and that all the filth we had inside no longer exists.
And to top it all off, he rose again from the dead and none of our sins could keep him from rising.
And that is a very good Friday.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
How best to describe my purpose in filling this blog.
To be able to describe in words my action of writing, my motivational drive for writing something, anything, I had to research Niccolo Machiavelli from his introduction, and quote it: "I pour myself out as fully as I can in meditation on the subject" of learning from life experience.
So then, this blog and the posts I populate it with -- is my pouring myself out as fully as I can in meditating on the subject of lessons learned from life experience. I draw from history lessons that people born before us had to learn the hard way more often than the easy way. I will also draw upon past biographies of those who were smart enough to listen to others before acting and saved themselves much grief.
So then, this blog and the posts I populate it with -- is my pouring myself out as fully as I can in meditating on the subject of lessons learned from life experience. I draw from history lessons that people born before us had to learn the hard way more often than the easy way. I will also draw upon past biographies of those who were smart enough to listen to others before acting and saved themselves much grief.
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