(Photo taken this past weekend at Colonial Williamsburg, and having no bearing on this post whatsoever...except as an indication that I still love to share the joyful things around us here with you whom I've met on the web.)
After all my blog rebellion below, and much heart-searching that followed (and driving my family crazy on the topic with my ponderings), I've decided to keep this blog open. I do apologize for the indecisiveness. There will be some changes. The first--purchasing a new computer this week--won't be visible to you except that there may be more frequent posts due to ease of use. As for the others, I need to sit down and write the bothersome elements of blogging, and think about how to minimize or eliminate them. Those changes might be more visible. Please bear with me through some more soul-searching and reconstruction!
Good decision!
ReplyDeleteDonna, bless you! :-) There's nothing like a friend who lets you waffle around over something, then affirms you no matter which decision you make!
ReplyDeleteWell, I read your closing post (I have no idea why it appeared now!). Then I went to your profile, thinking to email a comment to you. But, no email, just a link to your web page, which brought me here! I am glad you decided to make some changes rather than dump your blog!
ReplyDeleteI understand what you said in your other post about anticipating the response to a picture or post, and losing in-the-moment enjoyment: and I believe it is unhealthy to live because of what others may perceive about one's life.
But if I may share another perspective, blogging has helped me enjoy the moments of my life. When I was younger, 35 or so years ago, I loved to do photography. Then life got busy with kids and work and other things, and I quit taking the pictures I loved, the odd and abstract, the beautiful and inspirational. I quit looking for these sights which brought me joy and wonder. Then God started nudging me to begin a blog. I had no idea, when I started, what I was going to blog about. "Meditations of My Heart" quickly became a photo blog, and I rediscovered the joy I had in doing photography. I now live more in the moment than I had for a very long time. The frustrations I have with the internet, computer, and Blogger are small by comparison.
I hope and pray you will find the balance you need, and that the frustrations will be worked out and fade into the background!
Joise Ray,
ReplyDeleteI am THRILLED that you are back!!! I couldn't agree with Dimple more. "The Blog" is a mixed bag, but it's helped me look at things from different perspectives and ponder images and moments deeper than I might have if I had only let them wash over me. For that alone I keep it going. Funny, I just saw this quote, not twenty minutes ago:
"There is no delight in anything unshared" --Seneca.
I guess that about sums it up.
See you around the net!
Mike
... and let me add that you should post when you WANT to, not when you think you NEED to. This is a bit of advice I'm trying to assimilate as well. We shall see...
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