Sharing the Journey

I knew I wanted to write today but I didn't have a clue where I was going to start or what I was going to say – okay that isn't unusual for me but stay with me. Sometimes you see/read something that makes you sit and think, something that relates to yourself even though you have no part in it. It is a strange experience, being connected to something you didn't even know had happened – then again life is strange a lot of the time.

This afternoon I received a message on Facebook, I didn't know the person who had sent it so I was immediately intrigued. About 6 months ago I wrote my own personal story in a support group, I wanted to share and hoped it may even help, in writing it I had helped myself and allowed myself to see exactly what had happened in life and how this had allowed me to grow as a person. Anyway the message I received took me by surprise, my act of clearing my own head of thought had touched another, in quite a significant way. So much so they asked for permission to use it in a book they are compiling – that part isn't relevant, but what it means is.

Once more I shall explain my ramblings.

As individuals we don't realise how much we carry around, how much we store in the back of our head thinking that while it is there that we are 'protected', that is quite the opposite to the truth. By storing things 'out of harm' we allow them to fester and increase the weight we carry. Also by locking them away and never sharing experiences, the affect they have, the way we cope with them we are preventing the chances of helping someone else.

Knowledge isn't a possession, it is a gift to be shared, a gift that others can use to help themselves through life and pass on – it never has to stop and that one experience could be the thing that creates a thousand smiles, a thousand people that will know that they aren't the only ones. It puts me in mind of a song by The Weepies – The World Spins Madly On (Youtube it), because that is exactly what it does, it spins on regardless of what we keep to ourselves or what we share but by sharing maybe we can reduce the madness slightly and allow some clarity.

I'm not suggesting for one minute that you want to tell every detail of your life to a stranger but the chances are if you need to understand something or have overcome something someone else is going through exactly the same experience and would appreciate seeing another angle, a different way of looking at it – when you stare at something for too long you can no longer focus, so having your focus sharpened can only be positive.

I suppose that is deep and meaningful enough for a Sunday, I shall now retreat back into my box until I'm called upon again.


Take care my friends.

Enjoy today, look forward tomorrow.