LOOKING FOR MEANING

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" and "Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances". (V.F.)

Viktor Frankl is famous for his book “Man’s Search for Meaning" and a life philosophy which he conceived through his experience in Nazi concentration camps.  I'm no Viktor Frankl but, maybe in some way, I practice his ideas on this channel. 

 

Nearly 15 years ago I started my blog "Ritter's Rants and Rumblings." In My First post I wrote about why I started blogging. That was over 600 posts ago. 

I don't have a specific singular focus. I write about what I want to think about, be it politics, faith, the economy, feelings, etc.  Since the blogging software/site includes simple analytics, I can see traffic volume and how many visits each post recieves. It is interesting to see what is being read.  

Now & again, a visitor to a post from the past will trigger me to go back and re-read what I wrote. Doing so is like turning to a page in a scrap book. As you can imagine, blogging is a like "journaling" or keeping a diary. 

My blog is a critical thinking tool, especially when it comes to assessments and predictions I make. I've learned that I am often about 5 years ahead.  

I like to think that by "thinking outloud," which is essentially what I am doing, the thoughts I share somehow help others. Blogging is a purposeful act--an effort to find meaning and be meaningful at the same time.