A New Beginning for me - Blogging!

Nothing is too late!!

From today I am starting to blog in the hope that it will reflect the way I lived a day, that captures my imagination of life and boosts my passion for writing. I surely go by what Eliza Gilbert, the author of international bestseller Eat Pray and Love, says “I believe that, if you have a talent (or even if you think you do, or maybe even if you just hope you do), that you should treat that talent with the highest reverence and love. Don’t flip out, and murder your gift through narcissism, insecurity, addiction, competitiveness, ambition or mediocrity. Just get busy, serious, get down to it, and write something for heaven’s sake”. I am doing just the same. I might not have that great way of expression or vocabulary elegance, but I promise I will give it a try. Somebody put it sarcastically that “blogging is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day”. But I think it is an art of writing, an art of expressing yourself and a means of communicating with people who have contributed into making you as you stand as “YOU” today.

Nevertheless whatever encouragement I give to myself, I still feel I need more guts and confidence to share my thoughts with everyone on my list of friends, colleagues and families. As human tendency goes, normally we all long to be valued and appreciated by others. But there is another side to it too. If our encouragement hinges on others, we might end up being needlessly discouraged ourselves. A way out of it I thought, therefore, is to start sharing my blog independent of inhibitions or fear of being judged. I am sure of my relationship with each of you that it does not really matter to me what you think of me when you read me! I want to write with complete freedom. It’s well said “the secret of freedom is courage” and courage of course is the power that generates all other powers!

In some ways, I draw inspiration to blog from famous blogger like Amitabh Bachchan whose writing style and enduring communication with his fans, friends and family comes uninterrupted and so regularly. So, I am fascinated by the idea of blogging but I am also intrigued by the thought to keep continuing with the same energy that I have at the moment.