Blogging.? Me?

I have been going back and forth about doing this blog. How does one start a blog? Do I start by giving a little background on myself? or just explain the Why I am doing this. So let’s just do it,(as one sports company would say)

I am an observer of human experiences, why and what people do fascinate me, however sometimes I find myself shut out of any interaction. The fly in the room as you will, that may cause some annoyance, or not be noticed or a challenge to eliminate. This blog is more about what I see and how it shapes what I think. The main reason this blog is hard for me, is because I have operated from this basic PRINCIPLE. (I came up with this in my college Creative Writing class.) The Art of being Inhuman – “Tell people what you think.” I learned at an early age that if you say what you really think people would judge you. You are excused for repeating what your parents think, or for what your friends think and as an actor (back in the day) what the playwrights write. But when it is what you think, you are on the hook. You have to answer for it. So, I learned to “zip it”. LESSON LEARNED, “If you don’t speak for yourself, someone else will speak for you.” They will not ask you, they will just do it. (for your benefit, they say.) and it may be, but it is still not you.

So this blog is me, I announced to my Facebook friends to “Expect the unexpected” with this blog, mainly because I have NO idea what most of my friends, Facebook or otherwise expect from me. DISCLAIMER #1 (My disclaimers are typically followed by a short blunt statement that you will get immediately or take offence immediately or just dismiss as a rant) – I sometimes think my friends would not be surprised if they hear something outrageous like; “Did you hear Bill is gay.” or “I heard that Bill was a bigamous.” or I heard Bill was on drugs. I think this not as a judgment of you but as a statement that when we don’t really know someone, we will fill in the blanks. From my stand point my life is an open book, however when a book is opened the reader only sees the pages visible to see. Through relationship, you get permission to see the other pages.

I believe humanity is one big ball of inconsistencies. There are a number of examples of this. Here is one that has stuck with me for a while. A number of years ago there was a news story of a “lifetime criminal “(their term)that saved a person from a burning building, how the anchors were amazed that this person would take the time to save someone surprised me more than his actions. I believe we are not our labels (will explain in later blogs) We all have the potential to do extraordinary things and also things that would make our mothers cry (which to me is the worst)

So here we go, Me, Blogging. Here are some things I plan to blog about, my life stories, my faith, my feeling on leaders and some random stuff. I will also take requests, if there is something you want to know about me I will blog about it or I will tell you why I will not blog about it. I also think most of the times we don’t tell things because we want to protect others, because we feel that they can’t handle it, (that may be true) but I think unspoken truth will destroy you. . DISCLAIMER #2 When we don’t process, what we feel out loud to each other, we will become self-destructive or seek out ways to destroy others. As Socrates is quoted to have said “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Examining is not judging. So now you are a fly in the room.

(What Truth do I mean – your truth, we all have experiences that shape our truth. That same experience may be viewed differently by another person and that becomes their truth.)

BILLISMS: Personal and Professional

“The grass may be greener, but it still needs to be mowed.”

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. However if you hold their head underwater for a while, something will happen"

“Good guys eventually wins.”

“You don’t hire disgruntle employees, you make them.”

More to come

BTW the name of this blog will be explained in my next blog, here is a video for your enjoyment.

"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"