Why I hate blogs but I'm doing one anyway

When life gives you lemons make lemonade. A beautiful sentiment about making the best out of a bad situation. I personally think that most people miss that if life doesn't also give you sugar it will be some horribly bad lemonade. Optimism is good, but if we face life without seeing the humor in it, we are missing a vital part of the experience.

Life for some is easy, these people lead a charmed life and rarely encounter adverse situations or life changing events. I'm not one of those people. I have achieved many of my goals and been successful more times than most. I've also had many of successes taken away from me, either through my own mistakes or through events that were beyond my control.

Some are meant to live their life like a flight on an airliner, they rise and continue on a steady path until the slow eventual decent. Others are the aerial acrobats who dip, dive, spin and do loops through their journey. I'm pretty sure I would be a very unhappy passenger in the acrobats plane, the one with the air sickness bag at the ready, wondering why the ground won't stay beneath us like God intended.

I don't dislike, resent or envy the people with the easy lives. I think it actually gives me hope that people can lead lives with limited turmoil.

So, the point to my post, as the title would indicate, is that I'm not a particular fans of blogs. Too many posts about meaningless subjects or trite and shortsighted political musings. I don't care how someone's dinner is, or what theirs kids sports team is doing. They are a potentially wonderful means of communication that is all too often wasted on the mundane.

Why am I engaging in a pass-time that I frown upon (or scowl with great intensity) because it is so often misused? Because its cheaper than therapy. My wife is constantly telling me that I have a unique perspective on life, current events, politics, etc. She will go to great lengths explaining that it's a shame that I don't express them to other people and would be a lot healthier for my own personal sanity if I did.

So for those who stumble upon my posts, I'm glad you're here. I didn't expect you to be here, but I'm glad you are. I hope my posts are not mundane and offer some entertainment. Because I don't want to add hypocrite to my list of character flaws.