Random stream of consciousness…
What does that mean to me? It’s the thoughts that pop into my head daily, those that you may not verbalize, but ponder. Well, I’m going to verbalize. No one may ever read any of this, but if you do, I hope I can inspire you to ponder your own random streams of consciousness where ever it may take you… to self awareness, silliness…or beyond.
Today I am going to talk about why I’m starting this blog, and who has inspired me to do so. I am not a writer, nor do I pretend to be. Blogging is perfect in the fact that you can over look some grammar and spelling, and pretty much just type away in a stream of consciousness.
So many things in life are random in my opinion, but something’s are not. I don’t believe that the people you come across in your lifetime are random. I think it’s a very deliberate plan, from where, well that’s not a debate I’m going to get into. Friends over a lifetime are like the tide, ebbing and flowing…coming in and going out. But, on occasion, there are those who enter you life that is the rocks the waves crash against. It is those friends that you will have and love your entire life, no matter what. So, who helped me to aspire to this point I’m at. Thinking I can blog? Thinking I can write? Let’s step back a bit in time…
About 7 or 8 years ago I joined WW (and yes, a lot of my blogging will be about my struggles with weight). I got on-line and started using their forum. I asked for a buddy…and along came an angel. An angel that invited me to join 4 other angels (more like Charlie’s Angels…LOL). Shortly there after, one of the angels left the group, and then there were 4. I truly believe they were sent to me. Was it a random act that I found the one who opened me up to a special group…no, impossible! Quickly our group that at its foundation was weight loss support became more. Slowly, it evolved into support in many other areas of our lives. Each one of us is uniquely different, each one of us at a different stage in our life, none of us living close enough for a Sunday coffee. And except for one, I have never had a face to face conversation with them. I’m not sure what I would call us, a modern day pack of pen pal’s thanks to social media? Regardless, they are my friends, my sisters, my rock, and gift from god. They have seen me at my lowest and my highest (both weight and emotion). The special quality of a group of women, whom have not seen each other, brings on a pureness of self. It’s easy to divulge your feelings when anonymity is involved, but yet we know each other better than probably some of the friends we do ‘actually’ see. We have a bond, one that will last I’m sure until we are too old to be able to type, or have completely lost our facilities. We are affectionately named the Fierce and Fabulous foursome. Four, gloriously beautiful, strong, independent women!
Fast forward back to today, and why I’m writing this blog? Because one of my F&F sisters said on our ‘modern day pen pal social media site’, you should blog. That simple, that easy. So now I will challenge myself to try this blogging thing (which I’m sure will not have a movie made from it) for awhile and see where it goes.
Watch out…random streams of consciousness are about to pursue! Next blog will be about control.
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