tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864912.post6463804535638728284..comments2024-01-18T00:29:01.851-08:00Comments on Things I Think About: Reading and IdeasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864912.post-15071559717195350952010-02-22T09:02:49.097-08:002010-02-22T09:02:49.097-08:00A good post. Very thoughtful. I also used to read ...A good post. Very thoughtful. I also used to read policy and social journals thinking I would keep myself up to date on current thought and events. I appreciate that there needs to be a forum for ideas. But the world marches on and the essay that Someone, PhD wrote in a March issue fades into obscurity never to be read again until a college student needs a citation five years from now. <br /><br />What appears to be "analysis" to the consumer is sometimes self promotion by the authors and or at least their attempt at maintaining their place in the caucaphony. A circle of authors can be self-congratulatry and if that is the only circle I've bumped into, then my entire outlook can become skewed. Writing that reinforces a group's exclusivity or that draws its power from pointing out others' inadequacy is simply ego-driven. Even some Orthodox sources do this.<br /><br /><i><b>I have spent enough time in this world. I know what is has to say. Its best ideas are spent.</b></i><br /><br />True words. Ideas and memories are distilled over the years; those things that remain as inspiration to me are the works that have kept me up until 2am and have transported me to other places, such as Narnia, Treasure Island, Poe, Cricket Magazine, etc. In my adult years, journals and most media in general are too transient. <br /><br />Last year it was a guy who only writes at a high school level whose words cut me deep and left me thinking for days what I need to do in order to be more like Christ. I've never forgotten that, and that is why i appreciate people who write about their daily struggles. There is a blogger who frequently misspells words, which is a pet peeve of mine (though I am guilty). He once wrote a very long post on his toddler's experience with cancer. It was heart wrenching. He doesn't blog often but when he does I read attentively. There is a good chance I'll find spiritual gold there.Pintradexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929825475088562246noreply@blogger.com