And so it begins

While setting up my blogger account, I pondered the purpose and subject matter of my new writing adventure. My mind drifted to this subject and that, older posts on other sites and the prospect of focusing on a clear and specific subject matter in my new blog. Patient, was I, confident some subject would reveal itself. And in the culmination of these past few days in setting up my account, a subject has indeed presented itself. It is what had me writing in my early teens, what presented itself in themes of short stories in college, and blogs in my 30's. General, though specific, I will focus on the human spirit and it's place in the human condition. I feel we have lost site that these two concepts are not one in the same, but greatly dependent upon one another. We shall see in the near future how and where this concept and this blog branches. As each and every aspect of what we do, aids in the development and revelation of what we are.

And thus began the focus on this day:

I am sick to my stomach with this turmoil and this pain. Words come to me in jumbles, making sense only to the workings of my mind. Steadfast, eyes closed, I go where I am led. Feeling unkempt and disrupted, my mind is unclear only moments after clarity. This is the way it works. 

We touch upon the truth in our lives, the truth in each other's eyes. And it rains down upon us, sometimes too much to bare. In films, they make it rain so hard, for the viewer to be able to see it on screen.  I imagine it hurts similarly, only on the outside of the skin. And the pain within our hearts, our minds always manifests itself into physical pain, suffering and disease. 

Society has become more advanced, and thus the human condition more complicated and painful. It is a facet of the human condition, to seek to make improvements on it. In that search for betterment, in that quest for understanding, the road oftentimes becomes more dense and strewn with more obstacles and debris. 

I believe it is our responsibility to discern the forest from the trees. To seek understanding from the base of our hearts and the vast openness of our minds. Without this, we shall fall. Without this we will fail. If we seek the prize outside of ourselves, without the quest for understanding and knowing ourselves, we will cause more harm than good-For ourselves and one another.

We seek to be heard, to be understood, to connect with one another and ourselves. But we lack the humility at times, to even be able to begin. 

This seems to me, to be a lifelong agenda, a universal, planetary objective. And I understand that there is energy and movement toward understanding, at this stage more than ever in our history. So, I seek to become a part of which I always have been. And I invite you to do the same and join along in my own quest, my own learning. For one cannot learn or succeed, or become anything without the rest, without being part of the whole.

There are many facets to me, from naive to wise, easily amused to quantitatively complex. I am cynical and open, humorous and engaging. I'm sure to reveal many parts of myself in this blog. But will try to keep my focus on this human condition and the place our human spirit has in that condition. 

And so it begins.