’’In the 20th Century, we were defined by what we owned, in the 21st Century we will be defined by what share and give away.’ Charles Leadbeater, author of We Think
I think Charles Leadbeater is referring here to our ‘blogging ways’ in the 21st century. Why do we blog, I wonder? Why do we give away all our secrets to an invisible, perhaps non-existant, audience in the ether? That comment has made me wonder.
For me, it’s easy. If I am lonely of an evening, I love to read other peoples’ blogs as a way of making contact or being in union with another living being. It is an eye-opener to hear others’ views of their daily lives or hear them respond to the views of others.
I also confess to frequent disappointments that so many bloggers use so many words to say so little! The discipline of writing, in order to be in the same cyber space as other bloggers, would (I think!!!) be an invitation to closeness with others but - and this is my complaint - we seem to be saying nothing most of the same! And so Bill Gates’ wonderful 21st century medium is wasted with rubbish and nonsense which usually adds nothing to anyone’s life! Am I just a grumpy old woman?
So what can I share with you this evening that will be interesting, erudite and add a certain je ne sais quoi to the lives of all my million readers?
I could share that I ran out of washing powder today. Or that both my mother and one of my lovely sons-in-law celebrate a birthday tomorrow. Or that the temperature in sunny Anstruther was 20 today and yet only 13 in St Andrews, just over the hill. Or that my husband is spending yet another night away from home (this time at our daughter’s – or so he tells me!!!???!!!)
But instead, I think I will share with you a nice little piece of information. I need a haircut. I really, really do. Somehow since moving here in November I have had other priorities in my life and now my husband is complaining that there is too much going on in my head. No, that’s not possible. He surely must mean that there is too much growing ON my head! And I think he is right.
Now what is the origin of that expression. ‘More hair than wit’?
Was this a waste of good blogging space? Surely not!
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