Blogs are wonderful because I can share my deepest feelings with everyone and no one at the same time. A blog is unrequited by its very nature. You don’t, I don’t anyway, nor do I think most people, sit and wait for comments or replies to pile up at various posts. When a comment does show up, it is a pleasant surprise. Blogs are the flip side of an intimate conversation. In a blog, I can write I love you as many times as I like and happily not expect a return. If I were to say or write via post, or the twenty first century equivalent (email, text), I would of course wait in expectation for a reply, it really doesn’t matter if the reply is affirmative or not; a reply is expected.

Blogs offer freedom from all of the soul bearing that goes along with waiting for a reply. Often, I have found myself holding my tongue, not conveying my true feelings because I am afraid of the reply that will inevitably come along with my utterance. With a blog, a reply is not mandated, nor is it generally expected, because of this, I feel like I have more freedom to be true; I am not worried about being rejected, or hurt, or flattered, none of it! I am able to simply write what I want without worrying about the consequences; it is exhilarating to express myself with that freedom. I am very much trying to use this approach in other areas of my life; It doesn’t matter how others react to what I am saying (writing, what have you) if I truly, honestly believe what I am trying to say, then I absolutely need to say it despite the reply I may or may not receive. I am certain my skin will thicken as needed.

I love you, I love you, I love you!!! There.
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