Somewhere between LA and Houston, 2003
Although I fully recommend The Secret, this post is not about the movie. I'm here to open up and uncover something that has been bubbling inside me. In other words, I'm ready to talk about my secret.
It feels that since I started blogging, I suddenly feel more alive. I'm happier in general. I'm connecting with kindred souls and feeling less frustrated with the fact that not everyone around me shares the same interests. I feel less alone when I go on my usual walks and stop to take a picture, for instance. I have more tolerance for a frantic work day. I'm more aware. I listen more.
Before finding the blog community, I always felt that I was the only one contemplating, daydreaming and looking deeper at everything happening in my life. I used to feel guilty about that too. After all, there are so many things that need to be done! Now I find comfort in your stories, you poetry, your images and the beauty you share. I feel like I belong.
I also realized that blogging is transforming how I look at my day. There have been times when I was so disillusioned with the lack of creativity in my life, that I had no motivation to go outside anymore, which is not at all the gypsy girl style! Now, I want to get out of bed and go live a fun adventure, just so I can share it here. I want to explore and dare doing the things I am passionate about, just so we can look at it together. I want to go traveling to show you the world as I see it. And I long for the support and growth we will create, despite all doubt and fear.
So I'm walking around with this secret. I have this treasure that is worth billions of smiles... No one knows... I'm the secret agent that discreetly logs in, and with stealth, logs out... Full of inspiration...
My secret to the rest of the world is that I'm a blogger now. And somewhat a geek. But somewhere between the two, I recognize the real me, living a fuller life and sparkling with hope!
Is your blogging life a delicious secret?
Comments (19)
i LOVE your secret (and secretly love being a small part of it). i too love the secret movie... infinite possibility and knowing i create my own reality. wow.
Posted by leonie | January 12, 2007 9:37 PM
Posted on January 12, 2007 21:37
[Found you @ Frida's]
Soo know how you feel. What blogs esp. made me realize is that there are LOADS of cool people out there being creative and open to living, but in real, face-to-face life we brush that aspect of each other aside. Blogs help us communicate better our more personal thoughts, and connect in a different way.
"Is your blogging life a delish secret"--yes! The secret geek in me. :)
Posted by [a} | January 12, 2007 9:39 PM
Posted on January 12, 2007 21:39
Oi Alex -
Found you via Lacithecat, who is a friend I met while she was doing consulting work here in Maputo, Mozambique where I currently live.
Seems we've taken similar paths, only the starting and ending points are reversed. I left home in the US when I was 15 and moved to Paraná. I had such a wonderful experience that years later I moved to Rio for business school. I feel in love with the city and bought a house in Santa Teresa with my mom, who coincidentally lives just outside San Francisco! Now I'm engaged to a carioca and plan to move to Rio at some point soon...
As for blogging, it's not a secret at all. Everyone in my family knows, everyone in my fiancee's family knows, my friends know, my colleagues know. I kind of like it this way, it seems more daring when I do choose to write personal things or criticisms about my current situation.
Ok, continue escrevendo que tô adorando o teu blog. Beijos!!
Posted by ali la loca | January 13, 2007 1:09 AM
Posted on January 13, 2007 01:09
Oh, Alex- thank you for sharing your little secret. As far as my family goes, yes, my blogging life is still a secret and better kept that way, but I also feel that my days are brighter and more exciting because now I have someone to share them with- in fact, not just someone but everyone! I am not as shy as I was before my blogging began, I feel more courageous, I can take chances now and know that if I fail or accomplish, someone will be out there who will want to hear about it!
Blogging helps you realize that we really are one big family and that we need to be with each other, now more than ever. we can help each other, even with just a small word of encouragement and sympathy... that is the secret...
You are very dear, Alex- I am blessed to have found you.
Posted by Regina Clare Jane | January 13, 2007 7:40 AM
Posted on January 13, 2007 07:40
I love this Alex. Good for you! I find getting to experience you discover yourself so enjoyable and exciting! Yeah Alex.
Posted by jenn | January 13, 2007 8:34 AM
Posted on January 13, 2007 08:34
i love that you shared this secret of you...we are discovering more about ourselves by reading you...
thank you for sharing yourself and your wonderful adventures. you inspire me to do the same!
xo
Posted by stef | January 13, 2007 2:14 PM
Posted on January 13, 2007 14:14
Alex, first and foremost, as a blogger the main reason why I love being one is for people like you...you make the blogosphere a better place post after post, and you should know that...
...I have told all of my friends about my blogging--but no one knows the site! But they undertand--I tell them they get to have me in person why do they need that reiterated?!
Blogging is like breathing now--for you too?
Novel
Posted by Novel Nymph | January 13, 2007 3:31 PM
Posted on January 13, 2007 15:31
Alex, first and foremost, as a blogger the main reason why I love being one is for people like you...you make the blogosphere a better place post after post, and you should know that...
...I have told all of my friends about my blogging--but no one knows the site! But they undertand--I tell them they get to have me in person why do they need that reiterated?!
Blogging is like breathing now--for you too?
Novel
Posted by Novel Nymph | January 13, 2007 3:32 PM
Posted on January 13, 2007 15:32
Alex, first and foremost, as a blogger the main reason why I love being one is for people like you...you make the blogosphere a better place post after post, and you should know that...
...I have told all of my friends about my blogging--but no one knows the site! But they undertand--I tell them they get to have me in person why do they need that reiterated?!
Blogging is like breathing now--for you too?
Novel
Posted by Novel Nymph | January 13, 2007 3:32 PM
Posted on January 13, 2007 15:32
yes! you have described how i feel about blogging too. i feel like i have discovered myself through blogging...almost like really meeting myself for the first time. and i have realized i am not alone in the way i look at the world.
you are not alone...
beautiful thoughts.
Posted by liz elayne | January 13, 2007 10:12 PM
Posted on January 13, 2007 22:12
Alex you are right. Been a blogger makes you see things in your daily life differently. You notice the little details because you know that you will have the chance through your blog, to share them through your blog with some as you ve said "cool people" !
Posted by Vida | January 14, 2007 2:00 AM
Posted on January 14, 2007 02:00
This is the type of secret that brings glow to one's eyes, almost like being in love. I recall being surprised 1 1/2 ago when I realized how much happier I was due to blogging. Many of the reasons are similar to yours; some are quite different.
The bottomline for me is the camraderie. I receive way too much spam via my computer for my art business which is on the same computer as my blog, but a different web address. It's so refreshing to hear from blog friends in email or comments as opposed to "incread my boobs", "purchase viagra", etc.
I've always tended to write longhand first, before typing it up, but I was dreading looking at my computer. BLogging is a world of information, inspiration, friendship, and support...plus you can pick and choose what level to become involved in. I'm ever so grateful for the ease to learn personal accounts from those around the world.
Your blog is a treasure that feels like a secret disovery, to me, as do many others I've found. Delightful to play in the sandboxes, isn't it?
Posted by GeL | January 14, 2007 4:16 AM
Posted on January 14, 2007 04:16
A-hah! What has been the response of your coworkers and family to your little secret?
I feel the same way about this wonderful blogosphere. Just knowing that an entire world of creative, inspiring people are only a click or two or way is reassuring, especially when traditional media (ex.television) is so depressing. It gives hope that our world will be OK because there many people from across the globe sharing ideas and encouragement.
Posted by susanna | January 15, 2007 7:58 PM
Posted on January 15, 2007 19:58
well darling girl, we share the same secret. Of that I am not surprised - you are a kindred spirit. Of that, I am quite sure.
Posted by Maryam in Marrakech | January 15, 2007 10:28 PM
Posted on January 15, 2007 22:28
some people in my life know i'm a blogger... and some don't. mind you, if you type my name into google these days my blog comes up :-) blogging has enriched my life so much, i never would have believed it was possible! xo
Posted by susannah | January 18, 2007 4:55 AM
Posted on January 18, 2007 04:55
I feel the same way about the blogging community - and yes, it's pretty much a secret from the people in my "Real" life...except for my son and daughter in law, who read it every day.
I think writing for a blog does transform the way you look at your day and the things you do, and you expressed that feeling perfectly.
Great post!
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Posted on January 18, 2007 15:10
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