Trust me ... I am NO George Bailey, not by the longest stretch. But I HAVE been surrounded by an awful lot of Clarences lately.
They have been descending upon me a lot these past seven days, as I stood on a virtual bridge of the blogosphere, ready to chuck it all in and leap into the waters below, having convinced myself that there really wasn't much point to it all. Maybe I should spend less time listening to myself, and listen instead to what Abraham Lincoln once referred to as the "better angels of our nature." They are out there, and they've had more than a little to say about my decision last week.
Many shared their own experience, standing on a similar virtual bridge, and considering a similar virtual jump ... some of them having found themselves in that very spot on more than one occasion. They shared with me the new perspectives, the new attitudes they gained from that experience, and the new - albeit different - commitment to blogging that resulted from it all.
Every one of them told me they understood what had brought me to my decision. And every one of them encouraged me, in one way or another, to reconsider that decision ... and perhaps follow the paths they had taken.
It was powerful and pursuasive stuff ... filling the comments section of my last post at Archaeotexture, filling my e-mail box, and filling my ears in actual encounters on the streets of the Tall City.
So think of that day, last week ... not as "February 26" ... but as they day you helped me decide to pursue a different path, taking a step towards becoming a different and - I hope! - better blogger.
Time will tell. And whatever the outcome of this decsision, THANK YOU ALL for your input.
Ring-a-ling-a-ling ...
They have been descending upon me a lot these past seven days, as I stood on a virtual bridge of the blogosphere, ready to chuck it all in and leap into the waters below, having convinced myself that there really wasn't much point to it all. Maybe I should spend less time listening to myself, and listen instead to what Abraham Lincoln once referred to as the "better angels of our nature." They are out there, and they've had more than a little to say about my decision last week.
Many shared their own experience, standing on a similar virtual bridge, and considering a similar virtual jump ... some of them having found themselves in that very spot on more than one occasion. They shared with me the new perspectives, the new attitudes they gained from that experience, and the new - albeit different - commitment to blogging that resulted from it all.
Every one of them told me they understood what had brought me to my decision. And every one of them encouraged me, in one way or another, to reconsider that decision ... and perhaps follow the paths they had taken.
It was powerful and pursuasive stuff ... filling the comments section of my last post at Archaeotexture, filling my e-mail box, and filling my ears in actual encounters on the streets of the Tall City.
So think of that day, last week ... not as "February 26" ... but as they day you helped me decide to pursue a different path, taking a step towards becoming a different and - I hope! - better blogger.
Time will tell. And whatever the outcome of this decsision, THANK YOU ALL for your input.
Ring-a-ling-a-ling ...
8 comments:
Welcome back, Jeff!
Thank you, Les!
So you're back in the game?
Fantastic!
Thank you, George (aka "Clarence")!
Whoa, Nellie!
What did I almost miss?
Hey, if you gonna have a wake anytime in the future, please be sure to invite ALL your BBFFs (best bloggy friends forever).
I can alsways be counted on for a grog or two...*smile*.
Glad you reconsidered, for real.
Miss Pattie, thank you so much for stopping in. I don't know about my wake ... but I couldn't think of a better gathering of virtual and actual friends! Did I tell you Elder Son's soccer club is now playing in an Arlington league? Maybe we can do Purple Cow once again ... and bring the K-Man!
Yours was the best of retirements......short!
You're absolutely right about that, Wallace (another aka "Clarence")!
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