The funny thing about life is, in its constant evolution, we always think that our latest thoughts are often the most informed and accurate, depicting the great myths and secrets about existence.
The funny things is, we always grow and learn, only to realise that there is more room for improvement, and that our previous thinking and ideology is irrelevant.
There was a strange time I believed that web-logging was "cool", and since everyone was doing it, im going to do it.
Then, suddenly, like a lot of left-winged renegades, I questioned the need to broadcast my thoughts to the websphere. I started to believe that it was a form of weakness, and web-logging fulfills a void of lonely silence which eternally pervades all humanity.
The funny things is, I am wrong.
As I re-logged in to my blogger account after someone pointed out my final posting was 2 yrs old and was a very gay series of words about Whitney Houston, I read alot of my older posts, some dating back 3 years.
And suddenly, I learnt something.
The funny thing is, I learnt that although I believed I was pouring out my emotional scorn or glee to the world via blog-entries, there was something more. There was something far greater and deeper than all of this.
My web-logs were actually framed pictures of my soul, giving me actual views into my past in a way never possible by any other means.
The funny things is, as I read posts about so many issues which have provoked my thoughts over the past few years, it dawns upon me, there is nothing to be fearful or ashamed in telling the world how you really feel. Its not an emotional weakness, rather its an archive of my mental state of mind, which is otherwise impossible to be done by anybody else, anywhere else.
So, this is my point.
If you need to blog your thoughts, go ahead. Someday, you can look behind and read your old words, which is essentially the hidden road to the gateway of your soul. Wouldn't you want to re-experience the many shapes and sizes you have taken, for the rest of your life? 10 years from now, I am going to re-read this post, at the age of 37, and either think I am a complete doofus or a brilliant young Carl Jung.
The funny thing is, we forget how fun life can actually be.
-Jay Outt-