I realized this evening that most people use their blogs to whine and bitch and complain about all the problems in the world. Pointing out instance after instance of misery, violence, injustice, hurt, or just plain old fashioned evil.
Does this surprise me? No. And until recently I just took it in stride as being something that 'people just do' because that's how they deal with things.
Now I have plenty I could go on and on about in my own life that is full of pain & misery. I have survived more kinds of abuse and pain and hurt than I can even remember. I have fought back from life threatening illnesses countless times since I was a baby. My children have been hospitalized and that's just MY own small piece of life. I could bitch and complain and be aghast about the local headlines, the national headlines, the world headlines and probably even the universal headlines if there were such a thing. I could point out awful thing after awful thing, I could dwell on past hurts or recent hurts, I could describe being beaten in great detail and almost bleeding to death after losing a baby in full gore. But for what purpose? Who benefits from publishing things like this?
I mean seriously WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO to keep staring at all the darkness??? And by writing endless meaningless sentences about it and then commenting about it with more words and then having those comments commented upon... Does this DO anything? Does it spread Joy or encourage healing? Does it teach forgiveness or love or peace?
Does it SOLVE ONE SINGLE THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD???
In my opinion it doesn't. And it's never bothered me before really because I keep myself within myself. I find what is important and carries the Light for me and I try to focus on that. That's what the purpose of my blog is really. It's a way to have small glimpses on file of the Light I find in my life. I don't mind if other people choose to look into my little corner of the universe. But it's not for other people really. It's for me.
Which is why I haven't spent much time perusing other people's blogs. It's always seemed sort of like looking through others people's diaries. Well a friend of mine takes great interest in other people's blogs so I started reading some of them and it's like listening to talk radio! The hatred and negativity, the bigotry, narrow-mindedness, self-centeredness, the holier-than-thou attitudes are sickening. I don't know why this surprises me. People always do though. I won't waste more of my time reading this crap. I'd rather stare at a wall.
If you are so upset about the state of everything, DO SOMETHING don't just sit there on your high horse and write about it OR at the very least don't spread the darkness! Write about people that are solving the problems, write about solutions found, bridges built, discoveries, write about small miracles and big miracles, write about something good that YOU actually DID. Write about something beautiful that you saw. Don't spread disease and hatred, anger and hurt. That's EASY to do!
Philippians 4:8
"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things."
Or as your mother used to say "If you can't say anything nice, Don't say anything at all."
