Monday, September 21, 2009
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I've been playing around with templates for blogger for the past few months, and hopefully I've landed on one that I can stick with for a while. I've also decided to give my blog a "name" which is a big deal for me because I'm very indecisive and not very creative. I've been thinking about this name for awhile, and I'll try to explain it a bit here:
Moving Away from the Mirrors
When I speak of "mirrors" I am referring to other people in life by whom we judge our own appearance, accomplishments and worth. Obviously a mirror is something we look to in order to see ourselves. Often we use other human beings, some we know very well and others we may not know at all, in order to "see" ourselves.
I look at the achievements of a coworker, and then look at my own life and see my shortcomings. I look at someone who is athletic, intelligent, or witty, and see a lack in my own character. I see a person who is struggling in life, and I think of my security and well-being.
Clearly, the image of ourselves that we see by looking into the mirror of other people is often distorted and rarely true. This is the same in a simple glass mirror - the image is reversed, so it is distorted, even if ever so slightly, and we never get a "true" picture of ourselves. Thus my conclusion, that in my life especially, when I look to other people to get an idea of who I am, it is a distorted and false idea.
Yet, I have an amazingly strong tendency to look to the thousands of mirrors around me in order to get an idea for who I am, who I should be, or who I want to be.
Therefore, my desire in life is to "move away from the mirrors," to stop comparing myself to other people, to resist the urge to see how I match up. Instead, I desire to "move toward the light," which I will explain more in later posts.
You might think that a blogsite is a prime symptom of the type of comparison with other people to which I am so prone. However, giving my blog this title is somewhat of a confession and a promise for me. I don't want to think of this as a tool by which to "show off" for other people, or a means to "prove myself" to anyone. Rather, it is simply a record of my thoughts, a place for me to unload what I'm processing, and I want it to be a true depiction of myself, not an attempt to compare with anyone else.
I've been thinking about this theme of "moving away from the mirrors and toward the light" a lot the past month, and so I hope to write some more blogs about it this week.
I've been playing around with templates for blogger for the past few months, and hopefully I've landed on one that I can stick with for a while. I've also decided to give my blog a "name" which is a big deal for me because I'm very indecisive and not very creative. I've been thinking about this name for awhile, and I'll try to explain it a bit here:
Moving Away from the Mirrors
When I speak of "mirrors" I am referring to other people in life by whom we judge our own appearance, accomplishments and worth. Obviously a mirror is something we look to in order to see ourselves. Often we use other human beings, some we know very well and others we may not know at all, in order to "see" ourselves.I look at the achievements of a coworker, and then look at my own life and see my shortcomings. I look at someone who is athletic, intelligent, or witty, and see a lack in my own character. I see a person who is struggling in life, and I think of my security and well-being.
Clearly, the image of ourselves that we see by looking into the mirror of other people is often distorted and rarely true. This is the same in a simple glass mirror - the image is reversed, so it is distorted, even if ever so slightly, and we never get a "true" picture of ourselves. Thus my conclusion, that in my life especially, when I look to other people to get an idea of who I am, it is a distorted and false idea.
Yet, I have an amazingly strong tendency to look to the thousands of mirrors around me in order to get an idea for who I am, who I should be, or who I want to be.
Therefore, my desire in life is to "move away from the mirrors," to stop comparing myself to other people, to resist the urge to see how I match up. Instead, I desire to "move toward the light," which I will explain more in later posts.
You might think that a blogsite is a prime symptom of the type of comparison with other people to which I am so prone. However, giving my blog this title is somewhat of a confession and a promise for me. I don't want to think of this as a tool by which to "show off" for other people, or a means to "prove myself" to anyone. Rather, it is simply a record of my thoughts, a place for me to unload what I'm processing, and I want it to be a true depiction of myself, not an attempt to compare with anyone else.
I've been thinking about this theme of "moving away from the mirrors and toward the light" a lot the past month, and so I hope to write some more blogs about it this week.
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FYI When you view a post it leaves your name in the title area in white.
Also viewed from IE8 your homepage has your name in the title area in black. Also not sure if you haven't made an about me, pictures, videos and contact pages yet, but those links don't work.
Cool concept and do I like the format better.
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