My Blog, Announcing it to the World

NOTE: This post was written in 2010, when I first started my Blogger Blog. I have since changed to WordPress.

“Become aware of what is in you.  Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it.” ~Meister Echart

Today, I officially launch my new blog.

I say officially, because I’ve been posting to this blog since April–practicing, if you will.  I would much prefer to “give birth” to my novels in private and let someone else do the “announcing” and “pronouncing” for me, but, unfortunately, that is not an option.

Each of us is rockin’ to the rhythm of the universe through our own unique beat, yet united in one harmonious chorus of life.” ~Linda McNamar

Some days as I rock to the rhythm of the universe, my interpretation of it’s rhythm may lean toward the classical.  Other days I may hear and express it as jazz or rock or rap.  And on yet others, it may have a New Age feel to it.  I’ll say it as I understand it.  I will open, share, and release.

My Blog

Though at first my blog may sound like a tree falling in the forest with no one there to hear, it is a commitment I plan to keep for at least six months, in hopes that it will find an appreciative audience.  Why else does one launch colorful balloons into the sky with messages attached, except in hopes that someday, somewhere, someone will find them and read them?I’ve made changes to this blog’s design and there will be many more, but hopefully the content will be consistent and interesting enough to encourage readers to stop by and return for regular visits.

Take The Cultural Creatives, for instance, a book written by Paul H. Ray, PH.D, and Sherry Ruth Anderson, PH.D. that gave me the idea for the titles of my novels and for my blog.  In the introduction to chapter eight, it says, “The Between” is the time between worldviews, values, and ways of life; a time between stories.

“…when the road before you leads through a dark wood, the entry point to the future is uncertainty itself.   The sign on the threshold reads, ‘This way is unknown.’  Taking the next step is guaranteed to make you feel feckless, confused, even like an idiot.  It’s precisely when you need to be on good, friendly terms with uncertainty.

“If you refuse to enter the dark wood or the swamp or the messy unknown places ahead, you’re going to stay right where you are.”

So here I am, stepping into the messy, unknown world of blogging with no knowledge of where it might lead, except someplace other than where I am.

How good is that?