It has been nearly a year and a half since I posted on this blog…what in the world have I been doing? What could possibly have kept me from writing?

The answers to those questions are – a whole lot, and absolutely nothing.

Lemme explain…

When I first started writing this blog, it was my primary vehicle for reaching out to people. I worked for hours on each post and ensured there were just the right words, just the right images. And then I discovered how many people focused on Facebook, or Instagram, or Twitter…short bursts of information, tons of images, not a lot of words. I discovered (granted, a lot later than most people) that many people just weren’t interested in reading what was essentially an essay. Give me something fast, easily digestible, and visually engaging. So I retreated from blog-writing and focused on photos and memes and quotes and poetry and such on my Living Fully Wellness Facebook page …for a while…

I found that I was writing less and less about wellness and focusing more on fitness, which is not a bad thing, in and of itself, but it was not where my own energies were really focused. It was only part of my life. I love to run, to race, to spend time on the trails and luxuriate in the beauty and bounty of nature, and as that became my focus, I started posting less to Living Fully Wellness and more to those FB pages that dealt with running. But where did the rest of my energy go? Was there more to my life than running? Oh, you betcha!

I have been focusing on my spiritual growth, and in fact have been studying for the ministry. I have completed one of  three phases in this process – my prerequisites – and I am halfway through the second phase – becoming a Licensed Practitioner. I should complete that phase in roughly 12 months. The last phase will be at least as long as the other two combined! It will be the fulfillment of a life-long calling.

I have been writing an incredible amount, just not for public consumption. My class work and service in my spiritual community have been instrumental in my forming not only a different view of my own life and the world, but a way of life, as well. I suppose I have been reluctant to write about it thinking that it might be polarizing or people might feel I’m not as accessible, but the truth is that there is nothing n the philosophy I am studying that is in any way counter to the values that anyone could see as desirable. If I were to put it in one short phrase, it would be that I am working to help create a world that works for everyone, without exception. No individual is without worth, no one is less deserving (or more deserving, for that matter), no one is “less than”.  I suppose you could say that doesn’t meet your personal view of the world, but when you get right down to it, when you strip away the falsehoods, the misconceptions, the fears, we all really want the same thing – to live the best life we possibly can. I want to ensure that people can do that without jeopardizing an other’s ability to do so. It’s a tall order; it might take many years; it might take many lifetimes…but I believe it can be done.

So that is what I’ve been doing, and I pledge that I resolve to write here again, to write regularly, to share my heart and soul.  I invite you to make comments, to ask questions, to communicate, to discuss, to argue (if need be), for this is how we learn about one another and that knowledge, that Truth, will ultimately bring us closer together.