My First Blog Post

“The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself.”

-George MacDonald

This quote above by George MacDonald really sums up what I would like to do with this blog. I’d like to awaken things that are already inside of you. Awaken your soul to its many capacities. Mainly, its capacity to commune with others.

We are very community based creatures. In Genesis chapter 2 of the Bible, God says, “It is not good for man to be alone.” (https://biblehub.com/genesis/2-18.htm). Yes we can and should have “alone time,” but inherently we are not meant to exist alone. Even the most timid introvert desires to be understood and heard by someone close to them. And yet the closer we get to a person the more difficult we find it to love them. Where is the balance?

In this blog I seek to help you understand where that balance is. In the chaos of life, tending to relationships can sit on the back burner until it’s too late. Often times it is the relationships closest to us that need the most work. We take for granted that our parents, siblings, romantic partner, etc love us and will always accept us, so we stop putting in the effort. When in reality those relationships should and need to get the most effort.

Teaching or giving advice about anything, I have found, is one of the most enlightening ways to learn and teach things to yourself. In the process of seeking to help you understand more about relationships I will also be learning for myself. I hope this is not a blog that makes you feel judged or anxious, but one that you read in order to rest in feeling understood and heard.