"Oh, great! Another blog!" I can almost hear those words from some random stranger looking through a list of new blogs that were started today, including my own. Does the world really need another blog? There are many things we could ask this about. Does the world really need another coffee shop? Does the world really need another song? Does the world really need another person? Don't we already have plenty of those?
Well... yes and no. It's been said that there is nothing new under the sun. Every idea you can think of has probably been thought before. And, yet, the world's not done. It keeps producing more people, more coffee shops, more songs, and as of today, more blogs. Because even though there is nothing new under the sun, it is the combination of those ideas in a way that hasn't been done before that makes for the fresh and new. And, exciting, too, truth be told.
So, what am I doing here, you might ask. Nothing, really. I just thought it might be a little fun to put to paper (or to the web, as it were) the thoughts that come to mind from time to time. OK, yes, I post a lot on FaceBook, and most days you can find me there. But, every so often, I have thoughts that are bit too big to be contained on a FB status. So, what's a girl to do? Start a blog, of course!
When I first started with FaceBook, many of my posts were about politics. However, in the last year and a half, I started making some changes in my life. (Topic for another post?) Politics fell by the way side, and I started posting about health, positive thoughts and motivation. (OK, I do, still, on occasion, post about politics -- especially when the elections roll around.) A conversation before Zumba this morning set the direction of this blog. While I had originally thought of reclaiming and renaming the label ABCD -- another topic for another post -- I settled on the idea of positivity.
Positivity is a choice. We choose how we react to life, how we deal with the things that happen to us. There are those who have everything -- a nice home, a nice car, clothes on their back, food on the table -- and still they are unhappy people. It is no fun socializing with people who bring negative energy with them wherever they go. Many times, we have to let these folks into our lives. They are our family, our co-workers, people we have to interact with. But, keeping in mind that positivity is a choice, I wanted to bring a little more of it into the world.
I can't control everything that happens to me, but I can put on a smile and deal with it. That, I guess, is the point of all this, which brings me back to my original idea way up at the top. Does the world need another blog? Maybe not. But, I'm going to do this anyways. If I can put up thoughts and ideas that will make someone smile (or even laugh), then I have been a force for good in the world, and I can rest easy when my time comes. I'm not looking to be brilliant or extraordinary. Just positive. Just happy. Just me.
So, stay tuned. Hopefully, my next post will include something to brighten your day, even if it is the least little bit.
Positively yours,
Fariha ;)
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