In Your Face (On Facebook)

It has been well over a year now since I first got on Facebook. The experience has been evolving slowly, from the initial first step of just getting a profile picture on, then accumulating a few friends, then finding friends from the past (or having them find you), and finally figuring out what the heck I wanted to say to all these people. Do I just keep things shallow, mention the weather, a nice sunset, a good movie I saw? Or do I dare go deeper, sharing my real feelings and fears, and my views of the world? I decided to go a little deeper. However, I don't particularly like starting political firestorms on Facebook. So, how do I find the right balance and tone? Can I avoid offending people? Probably not, but I hope to try - not to offend that is :). (Good luck with that one Catherine!!). At least it seems that I'm finally starting to feel more comfortable with my posts, and I know for sure that this medium of expression will continue to evolve, and so will I.

So now, I'm going to add to my public exposure by keeping up with writing my blog and encouraging people to read it. Now THIS is frightening. What will people think of me? I even worry that people will be criticizing my grammar. I have no editor at the moment. And then there is the fact that I grew up with parents who were extremely private people. One NEVER aired their dirty laundry!! But then I've always been a bit of a rebel, and usually do the opposite of what my parents would have done. After all, I'm a child of the sixties and rode the wave of the whole Hippie, and women's liberation movement.

In any case, I will apologize in advance if I offend or disturb anyone. For the most part I try to stay in the light and be a loving and compassionate person, but I still (as we all do) have a dark side and can get feisty sometimes. I'm far from perfect, but I do the best I can to listen and learn from my experiences. So, I'm removing (most of) my armor and becoming vulnerable to whatever this process brings me.

I'm also doing this because I've always wanted to write. This is a good way to get my feet wet. I also realize that writing about oneself, can seem very self-absorbed. Some people have referred to the book "Eat, Pray, Love" as being self-absorbed. That is what happens when one writes about their own life experiences. So, what I'm doing IS self-absorbed, but I'm all I have to work with at the moment. I can only hope that something of what I write will also be helpful to someone else, or at least maybe be amusing. So, here I go.