Too Blessed to Stress
Mere words of gratitude seem inadequate for the amount of support received from the various bloggers I’ve been blessed to encounter, alhamdullilah.
I’m grateful for Mixed Up Me for sharing the world of blogging with me. Grateful for Anglo-Libyan being one of the first to comment on my blog and welcoming me to the community. Grateful for Cofman for teaching me how to upload my display picture, for his translation services and for the variety of topics he brings to his blogspot. Grateful for PH for patiently helping me install cbox on my blogspot. Grateful for A_Akak’s eagerness to comment first on everyones' blog and do so with such sincerity. Grateful for Mani and his incredible gift for writing and stimulating conversation in all areas, but most appreciative for the philosophical topics. Grateful for Lost-Libyan, Boy Interrupted, and Lebeeya for their fantastic personalities and "real" perspectives on life. Grateful for DaMoon, Piccolina, White African, Brave Heart, and HappyMoi for their blogs and viewpoint.
Funny this blogging world – it appears to be a safe place to make one vulnerable enough to open up to their own truth. Why is it that we feel that comfortable to open our hearts and selves in this fashion risking so many things, and yet fear to do the same in "real" life? Also, would we be as seemingly close to those of the blog world in real life as we seem to be in this cyber world? Certainly geography plays a huge part, and for that mere reason alone I’m so grateful for the technology that seems to bind us together.
Most of all I’m grateful for the blessings I’ve found through this blog family.
I’m grateful for Mixed Up Me for sharing the world of blogging with me. Grateful for Anglo-Libyan being one of the first to comment on my blog and welcoming me to the community. Grateful for Cofman for teaching me how to upload my display picture, for his translation services and for the variety of topics he brings to his blogspot. Grateful for PH for patiently helping me install cbox on my blogspot. Grateful for A_Akak’s eagerness to comment first on everyones' blog and do so with such sincerity. Grateful for Mani and his incredible gift for writing and stimulating conversation in all areas, but most appreciative for the philosophical topics. Grateful for Lost-Libyan, Boy Interrupted, and Lebeeya for their fantastic personalities and "real" perspectives on life. Grateful for DaMoon, Piccolina, White African, Brave Heart, and HappyMoi for their blogs and viewpoint.
Funny this blogging world – it appears to be a safe place to make one vulnerable enough to open up to their own truth. Why is it that we feel that comfortable to open our hearts and selves in this fashion risking so many things, and yet fear to do the same in "real" life? Also, would we be as seemingly close to those of the blog world in real life as we seem to be in this cyber world? Certainly geography plays a huge part, and for that mere reason alone I’m so grateful for the technology that seems to bind us together.
Most of all I’m grateful for the blessings I’ve found through this blog family.
9 comments:
I am #1 again....
First of all thank you its a pleasure :)
We are thankful for ibee and her lovely posts, we are thankful for the soul behind the persona of ibee, we are thankful that you are you, I am THANKFUL for having the opportunity to get to know IBEE even if it is only 0.00001% of her as that 0.00001% is so wonderful that I am always eger to get to know more…………………… so i thank u
I agree, it is funny why we feel safe within un unsafe environment but i think it is to do with the wonderful bloggers out there as they create a safe nest within the dragons den ............. for that i thank every blogger
Fe Aman allah
Well first off, you are more than welcome sis :)
"Funny this blogging world – it appears to be a safe place to make one vulnerable enough to open up to their own truth. Why is it that we feel that comfortable to open our hearts and selves in this fashion risking so many things, and yet fear to do the same in "real" life? "
Maybe its because of our anonymity which reduces the effect our comments/posts ( the equivalent to words in real life ) have on our real life.....I think its more of a virtual world in which only our feelings, affections and thoughts, which we usually don't openly share in the real world, are what really count; as long as anonymity is preserved.
"Also, would we be as seemingly close to those of the blog world in real life as we seem to be in this cyber world?"
I think we would be; now that we know each other, but how long would it take one to open up and start sharing his thoughts if he had met all these bloggers in the real world? and what metrics would one use to judge somebody else in the real world other than his thoughts and words? ....I think therein lies the difference?
and all of us are grateful for having ibeebarbie joining our blogging community with her gentle & polite personality, her always nice to read blog and her MashaAllah beautiful daughter Amira :o)
Salam
@ A_Akak, (you make me blush) thank you for your kindness. It's true we probably all wear a mask to some degree so the percentage of really knowing someone is small, however, hopefully with time these masks can be removed and our true selves revealed, inshallah.
@ PH, I agree with your comment on the anonymity reducing the effects our comments/posts have on us as opposed to the 'real' life. Moreover, I agree on your insight of our feelings, affections and thoughts which we seem to openly share virtually are not as easily shared in the real world. True enough on the point of how long would it take us to open up and get to truly know one another face-to-face-----life's experiences seem to cause us to constantly be in protective mode.
You know I think no matter what, as humans we want to be connected, we desire to open ourselves to others, yet because of our fears of rejection, isolation, and a plethora of other feelings associated with the root (fear) we are continually searching ways to protect ourselves and still connect. Certainly the virtual world has brought that about---again as along as the anonymity can be protected.
@ Anglo-Libyan - Whew! I've managed to fool you with my seeming gentle and polite personality. LOL I have come to be quite fond of this blogging community and the experience to be able to express myself amongst others, alhamdullilah. Very grateful indeed - as it's a great outlet for releasing one's thoughts.
I totally agree with you, I also think it comes down to life experiences :), but you have to note even on the internet you can get hurt even when anonymous...it all depends on what you expect from others in their replies/comments .... but on the internet the difference is you can always run away and hide your emotions.... your not forced to react immediately you can take your time...I think thats another difference.
salaam
And, we are so happy and grateful to have you as part of our family, Libyan family that is :)
This post is really sweet and I admit that I have become so attached to all of the blogger I think we should all become neighbours :)
Salam
@ PH, I agree with you completely on the point of us setting our expectations, which by setting certain expectations can cause us pain. Now isn’t that funny! Ahhhhhhhhh (as if light bulb going off), could it be because once again it comes down to us and not necessarily someone else. So, is it reasonable to assume that someone can’t hurt us unless we allow him or her to by owning the words they say to us? Seems extremely logical to me, even understandable and yet the ego would completely disagree with this logic. ;-)
@ Lebeeya, So happy to be an adopted Libyan – yippie for me!
I agree with you on the addicting part. I feel some days like I should stand up and say, (in a monotone voice like Eore from Winnie the Pooh) “Hi, I’m Ibeebarbie and I’m a blogoholic”.
Yes! How fun would the blog-block parties be if we were to all become neighbors? Or would we even see each other? Would we still be blogging about our experiences to each other as neighbors? :P
and im grateful to have met you through the blogg world :0)
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