More good than bad

I woke up the other night thinking about all the good in my life and in this world, and spent too much time wondering why the world is so focused on the bad. It is sad that too many times in life we let the bad and evil things rob us of the good that is yelling for our attention and appreciation.
So often we can't see the beauty in life because we have chosen to see all the negative that the world seems to be so focused on. We miss the beauty of the forest because we let the morning dew and darkness keep us at a safe distance for fear of what we can't see yet. It is only when we step out of the familiar and comfortable into the unknown, that we will experience the hidden beauties that are only seen up close, when and as we step through the curtain of curiosity and uncertainty, into the realm of adventure.

Due to a few sleepless hours and haunting thoughts, I have decided to start my own Blog site. My goal is to Blog the good that I see and experience each day. In doing so, I hope to rise above all the negative that seems to have risen to the top of too much of our attention. I read somewhere that the best way to learn about blogging is to just start one and do it. (Stepping into the dark) I think that over time I will be able to include ideas, stories and observations which may help this world or at the very least, my world to be a better place where the good instead of the bad in this world is celebrated and promoted.

Over the last 30 years of my life, I have been able to start seeing more good in people, places, ideas and in so many other areas of this life. As a result, I believe that my life has followed suite, with too much meaning and purpose to ever fully put into words, but I will attempt to try and do so.

My objective is to try to look for the good and report on it every day. In so doing, I believe my life will get even better, regardless of what is happening in the news and world around me.

I will look for the good in;
people I meet
places I go
thoughts I think
and in all the other interests of my life and the lives of others who want to share.

Since having this idea the other night, I have not been able to quit thinking about it and many ideas have come to my mind as if from out of nowhere, but with such energy so as to cause the loss of mental focus on other things that I really need to focus on. I have learned over the years that when I have such thoughts, the only way to get my thoughts back is to act on the ideas that have been haunting me.

Once a friend of mine (Duane Beaver) said to me, that "everybody you meet in this life is a story waiting to be told, if only we took the time to get to know them".

Over the years I have met may people who were very interesting and I only found this out by leaving my comfort zone (me, myself and I) and stepping into the world of the Stranger. I have found life so much more interesting in the meeting of strangers who have common and uncommon interests.

I hope this Blog will help me even further to reach out and find the good in this world.