New beginnings

Why a new blog? Why a new page and a new start? Over the years, I have started and stopped a few blogs. I am proud of the work I have done. I am grateful to have written and reflected on many topics. Yet, I realize that it was time to leave the past behind. This is not to say I won’t rehash some of my old ideas and thoughts. Rather, I want a fresh place to begin again.

Too often, we presume that we are merely on a single lane highway, just moving forward in time, accumulating more and more stories and events in life. While this is partially true, in reality our highway curves and has detours. The trouble is we sometimes lose sight of those changes on our journey. I attribute this to finding ourselves living too much in the past. Living in the past can hinder our ability to live in the present and hope for a better future. I have seen this idea written about countless times in spiritual memoirs and self-help books. To truly grow, one must build off of but not remain tied to the past. We must constantly work to evolve.

This same point is true for me and my journey. I want to build on all that I have been and also untie myself from being stuck in my ways because it’s always the way it has been. This is not a repudiation of my life’s journey. Rather it is an attitude adjustment to how I want to go forward day by day.

Please join me on this journey. I look forward to learning and growing together.