I hate to admit it but I'm quite a 'sad' person really! I have to be cos I'm blogging here, and I'm blogging here and following other blogs because if truth be known I'm lonely right now. To Blog and to chat are great ways of relating to others in ones own time and space. You can communicate when it is convenient to yourself and pull away when you want to too. No awkwardness about trying to extracate oneself from a conversation, no major ties attached, no sense of heavy obligation to another. But despite the obvious advantages there is the one real disadvantage, you are physically alone and whilst knowing that you may well never meet anyone with whom you are communicating can free one to speak, personal rewards in knowing others in depth are very much limited.
There are those who would say that of course we are never alone, that God in Jesus Christ is always present with us, nearer to each of us than we can ever know, only a prayer away but it does seem to me that our perception of Christ's presence is not always accurate and that it often seems easier to be aware of, when our relationships with others are strong, when all is well and the sun shines. I can also feel accutely aware of this presence in the depths of trouble and darkness where I am supported inexplicably. But on those more grey days..........
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It can also be a drug and when you get into the swing you must do more and more. The thing is that at your PC you are all powerful. If some clever clog comes in to contradict you can erase the comment. You can say what you like back and push out your tongue. Buit when you do correspond with like minds you do form friendships. I have a young friend in America and she puts up wil all my rubbish. I have a friend in Catholic Mom of 10 whom I met at a Martyrs Walk. Indeed there are many who know and admire me and I can give thanks that it is not really me but the blogger they know. In real life I could be a disappointment to them. Press some of my links on the left of my blog and you can call in on really good people. Make a comment on someone`s blog and if they have good manners they will come back to your blog. We all wonder if we can keep going in the beginning. I have found myself writing on religion, politics, and even putting up my attempts at song writing. The more you write the better you become. So get blogging. John Kearney. You will feel a thrill when you see your first comment even it it is only from me.
ReplyDelete'even if it is only from me' Ah...its not ONLY from you!!! and yes, It is a bit of a thrill, and one I wasn't expecting..that means that someone might actually read what I put 'out there' in the mists of cyberspace.. Ill have to be careful about this and think about what I say..it doesn't feel so comfortably anonyomous now!! I think we are unlikely to see eye to eye theologically but if truth be known I don't think that that is all important. Waterbrook
ReplyDeleteJust dropped by! Thanks John..Keep blogging waterbrook!
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