I'm not unfaithful, but I'll stray...

I've strayed.

Reading has always been an escape for me, and thus writing is a logical extension of that therapy.  Writing allows me to not only escape, but also to create my own reality.

However, as I've traveled more, I've taken on multiple mistresses: fitness, drinking, daydreaming, and television are just a few of my dalliances.  My writing has become a dejected pariah, thrown to the wayside by a fickle, philandering spouse.

All drama aside, I've realized in the last few months that my constant travel has created a new person in me, and not one that is entirely admirable.  I've become cynical, lazy, and haughty.  What I want to be, though, is a gracious, ambitious, but humble person, and I want to do this while being faithful to who I really am.  This is a REALLY big undertaking.  So, I've taken the step to make a simple New Year's resolution.  This goal is simple in theory, but complex in execution.  I want 2009 to be the year that I LOVE.

In loving, I will strive to love God first, and foremost.  I also wish, though, to both proactively love others and myself, and return love when I receive it.  Finally, I want to extend my love to those passions I once held so dear, including that of writing.  I will be more faithful to those people and things that I should cherish most.

Does this mean that I will blog more?  Not necessarily.  I will strive to write more, but it may be through other media.  I will prove to myself that I am not unfaithful though I have been absent.  Love often leads to creation, so as I look down the scope at this coming year, I anticipate what the act of giving more love will produce.

Comments

[Peter Gulka]

In my experience if you love God first and ask for his help in doing so for others the rest happens by itself. Things seem to fall away from your life that just don't matter.

[SocialURL]

Its easy to get swallowed into social media because there are numerous amounts of outlets. My escape is in surfing, reading, golfing and helping startups. Doing these activities help me to find constant fuel to compel me to write and share about my experiences. I really enjoy the way you express yourself in your writing.

Cheers,

Henri, Co-Founder at www.SocialURL.com

(twitter.com/socialurl)