Presenting ourselves Online - to be or not to be?

Aloha . . . I recently read an article about how people present themselves online and it brought to mind my own meager efforts at posting. I'll go back to what I said in the beginning, or at least, what I think I said or should have. I am amazed or surprised when someone actually reads this and makes a comment. I actually started this for myself though, to stay in touch with others, mainly known to me. It has put me in touch with old friends and that is a very unexpected and 'unlooked' for treasure. I am grateful for that.

So I try to be honest, to present myself in an unvarnished state for the most part. Being involved in some amount of soul searching these days forces one to examine one's life. I don't want to share the very private parts of my life - I am not sure they matter, nor that they should matter except to me and those who are close to me. Many of us in America live in a media saturated environment, ranted and railed at on all sides by minutiae of detail unwanted and reviled (at least by some of us!). Let us hear a plea for honesty, examination of one's life so that others may learn and either despair or regain hope for a better future for themselves and others. Sometimes we have so little to give, so work hard to give as much as you have and gain in the act of giving.

Now, I better figure out what I am going on about eh?

Leaving in four days for Fiji . . . .

David