I’m not going to shut up about this

I write this blog for two reasons. The first reason has always been the same — I’ve got a lot going through my head and I’ve always needed somewhere for it to go. The blog is the best place for it. And it has the added benefit of not driving my wife crazy hearing all of this.

But in recent times, I realized a second reason of why I write this blog. It’s not to convince anyone of anything — I doubt I’ve ever convinced anyone of anything. Rather, what I’ve written has been an encouragement for others. I know this because people have reached out to me and told me. Your notes, emails, messages, phone calls, etc have all expressed deep emotion and feeling. You’ve expressed how the words you’ve read conveyed what you have believed. You’ve told me that when you read these posts, you know you aren’t alone. You have no idea how much that means to me. It means that all the crazy stuff that I’ve thought isn’t so crazy after all and that I’m not alone either. In fact, there’s plenty of us all thinking similar thoughts. And we’re not even a small minority either.

Often it seems like there’s this momentum to just maintain things the way they are. As if there is a huge number of people who want to keep it that way. Here’s what I’ve found — that’s just not the case. Often, it’s just a vocal minority who speaks up quickly shouting out the majority who would gladly change things.

Which is why I’m not going to shut up. Which is why I won’t stop blogging. Which is why I will continue preaching about transformation and…