I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE CHECKING OUT VARIOUS BLOGS ON THIS SITE. THIS HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO MY SENSE OF SMALLNESS THAT I GET WHEN I SEARCH THE WEB. I CAN FEEL SMALL IN A GATHERING OF A FEW PEOPLE; IMAGINE HOW I FEEL WHEN I REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF PEOPLE ON THE WEB. IT IS AMAZING! IN MY LIFE THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO GREATLY THAT I FEEL OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES. WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND THE WORLD I LIVED IN WAS A SMALL COMPACT PLACE THINGS SEEMED SO SIMPLE. OF COURSE I REALIZED THAT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS GOING ON OUTSIDE MY TINY UNIVERSE BUT I DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEM SO THEY DID NOT AFFECT ME AS MUCH. AS I GOT OLDER AND LIFE TOOK ME AWAY FROM MY SMALL WORLD OF EXISTENCE; I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A LOT TO SEE, FEEL, AND THINK ABOUT. MY CHOICES BECAME ALMOST UNMANAGEABLE. SO MUCH STUFF, SO MUCH INFORMATION NOW; FOCUS HAS BECOME DIFFICULT. HOW DOES A PERSON FEEL WORTH IN THIS WORLD IF FOR EVERY TALENT THEY THINK THEY HAVE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE OUT THERE MAKING IT LOOK LIKE NOTHING. I REALIZE THAT ALL EFFORTS IN LIFE COUNT BUT THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS TO CONVINCE ONES BRAIN OF THAT FACT. THE PRAISE AND TRIBUTE I WILL GIVE TO THE SMALLEST EFFORT BY ANY PERSON IS SOMETHING I FAIL TO GIVE MYSELF. MAYBE ALL PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY AND IF THIS IS SO I HOPE MY SMALL WORDS OF PRAISE AND ENCOURAGEMENT I GIVE ANY ONE OF MY FELLOW MEN GIVES A GLIMMER OF MEANING TO THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO NOTICE THINGS PEOPLE DO AND SHOW THEM I NOTICE. MAYBE THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF ALL PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHERS EXISTENCE AND SPECIALNESS BECAUSE WE CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT FOR OURSELVES.Monday, July 7, 2008
FEELING SMALL IN THIS MASSIVE WORLD OF INFORMATION ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB
I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE CHECKING OUT VARIOUS BLOGS ON THIS SITE. THIS HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO MY SENSE OF SMALLNESS THAT I GET WHEN I SEARCH THE WEB. I CAN FEEL SMALL IN A GATHERING OF A FEW PEOPLE; IMAGINE HOW I FEEL WHEN I REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF PEOPLE ON THE WEB. IT IS AMAZING! IN MY LIFE THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO GREATLY THAT I FEEL OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES. WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND THE WORLD I LIVED IN WAS A SMALL COMPACT PLACE THINGS SEEMED SO SIMPLE. OF COURSE I REALIZED THAT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS GOING ON OUTSIDE MY TINY UNIVERSE BUT I DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEM SO THEY DID NOT AFFECT ME AS MUCH. AS I GOT OLDER AND LIFE TOOK ME AWAY FROM MY SMALL WORLD OF EXISTENCE; I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A LOT TO SEE, FEEL, AND THINK ABOUT. MY CHOICES BECAME ALMOST UNMANAGEABLE. SO MUCH STUFF, SO MUCH INFORMATION NOW; FOCUS HAS BECOME DIFFICULT. HOW DOES A PERSON FEEL WORTH IN THIS WORLD IF FOR EVERY TALENT THEY THINK THEY HAVE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE OUT THERE MAKING IT LOOK LIKE NOTHING. I REALIZE THAT ALL EFFORTS IN LIFE COUNT BUT THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS TO CONVINCE ONES BRAIN OF THAT FACT. THE PRAISE AND TRIBUTE I WILL GIVE TO THE SMALLEST EFFORT BY ANY PERSON IS SOMETHING I FAIL TO GIVE MYSELF. MAYBE ALL PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY AND IF THIS IS SO I HOPE MY SMALL WORDS OF PRAISE AND ENCOURAGEMENT I GIVE ANY ONE OF MY FELLOW MEN GIVES A GLIMMER OF MEANING TO THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO NOTICE THINGS PEOPLE DO AND SHOW THEM I NOTICE. MAYBE THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF ALL PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHERS EXISTENCE AND SPECIALNESS BECAUSE WE CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT FOR OURSELVES.
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