The thin line between Bravery and Stupidity...

Hi brave warriors.

I've been looking into blogging best practice. It would appear this isn't so much a blog, as a diary. Anyway, I'm enjoying myself and I assume you guys are or you wouldn't be reading it. That said, readership has dropped off a little again since I hit the road and didn't post for a few days I'm noticed a trend that 'No Post = No Hits'. Hardly Surprising...

I have read about one thing that I think I'm doing right. Blogs should be brave. The writer should be able to show conviction in their subject matter and stand by their words vehemently. This I'm pretty sure is a fair description of my writing style. The question I have to ask myself is; "Am I being brave, or am I being stupid?"

There's a very thin line between bravery and stupidity. Einstein often mused about human stupidity, famously saying; "Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former". I write bravely, but I'm pretty sure I write stupid stuff too. My audience when I started out was very much a social crowd, my friends, family and ex-colleagues. Now though, it’s more and more apparent that potential clients, actively engaged clients, people who really don’t know me, someone in Canada, someone in Czech Republic, a few in USA and a bunch in Australia pop up on the report. I don’t know who you are because the report only states the country location of the hit, nothing more. What I do know is that my honesty is going to divide opinion among those who don’t really know me, or have never had any direct contact. I’ve always been a Marmite character and I’m happy that I make an impression on people.

It’s kinda like going into Big Brother. What should my game plan be? How do I win the audience over so I’m ultra popular with all and sundry? My answer is to continue to be me. I mean, becoming a new persona now is going to be obvious and it’s going to destroy the purpose of this exercise. So far, I’ve not had anyone pipe up and tell me I’m out of order, or I’m upsetting them with my opinions or that they think I’m a mug for continuing writing into this open space. I think it’d be stupid to change. I’ve met new people, I’ve earned new business, I’ve cemented existing relationships and I’ve even been able to communicate to Fi with more clarity than I can with spoken words. This project has created a lot of love and this alone is reason enough to continue fighting through my minds eye through the medium of written words….

I’ve certainly reached a lot of eyes and provoked a few minds. As I’m quoting brilliant minds today, I’d like to share this with you, from a true genius, perfectly flawed;

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.” ― Jim Morrison

I continue to strive for freedom in my own manner. There is no point in tempering my personality on here. Freedom is about choice and the choice is yours, read me or don’t read me. Whatever you choose, please ‘Be Nice’ and please choose life. We are the children of the revolution….

If you’re with me, ‘share’ me, RT me, shout me up. If you’re against me, tell me, veto me, shout at me.

One Love

Jez

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