Thanks for Your Beliefs
February 04, 2009
Whatever they are, you are entitled to your beliefs. You may not get that feeling from me if you read everything I write. For putting off that vibe to anyone wandering into these pages, please forgive me! Those of you who have been here since the beginning know that differing perspectives and beliefs are cherished by me, but after going back and reading some of my own stuff over the past year, it doesn't really come across that way in many posts.
Why did I stumble into the abyss of "preaching" and "moral high ground" tones? It started innocently enough, with a conscious decision to open up even more than I had in the beginning, actively seeking to not worry about "controversial" or "opinionated" stances that I felt like taking. But in doing so, I quickly got away from the original intent of the blog, which was to get to know myself better and to hopefully be of assistance to someone who was also seeking to know himself or herself better. My intent has always been to let you know how I'm getting to know myself in case you wanted to explore similar pathways, but NOT to get you to think what I think or believe what I believe.
The writing has been lacking for the past month or two, but the exploration hasn't! Latest audiobook in progress is Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World by Thomas F. Madden. Madden has written lots and lots about old Europe, Church history, Rome, the Crusades, and has a spectacular gift for applying the lessons of antiquity to the situations faced by all of us today. I've listened to several of his books, but this is the first one that would be considered for a "general" audience. 4 hours into the 12 hour recording, I can only pronounce it to be magnificent.
To recap:
- I've been writing like a preachy schmuck for a while now, and I'm sorry
- still trying to discover myself
- still encouraging all of you to do so - there's just nothing more worthwhile
- still finding the most helpful tools in that endeavor to have been developed in all the wisdom of the ancients throughout the ages, be they in Greece, Rome, India, or China!
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