Some people rarely comment. It's like a classroom. My experience has been that a few members of the class do speak out. But generally, if the teacher asks a particular student what they think about the topic, a good answer awaits. It has been a mystery to me why some people speak out and many only if they get a specific invitation.
I think expressing what is going on in one's life and mind is similar to telling the Dept. of Motor Vehicles what should be on one's license plate. Or, what should be on one's business card. Ok, you don't have a car or you want a license plate that looks like everybody else's and doesn't stand out.
Who are you? What do you want to stand out for? Anything? Love dogs? Love Ghirardelli chocolate squares? Think more people should be knitting? Frustrated by all the ads that come in the mail? In today's world, there is a continuous open mike, ready to broadcast your ideas, adventures, experiences. You may prefer to express yourself just to close friends, maybe just one or two.
With today's low prices for a computer or other tools for communicating, it seems like it would be easy to write what is up with you once a week or so. But why the heck should you? Personally, I think each of us may owe to ourselves, our minds, our heritage, our future and the futures of those we love, wherever they are, to put into some useable form what we think and some of what we do.
You learned to read and to write. You have a good brain and you are in the midst of life and the world. So, how about making some comments about what you see and feel and think? I realize that if you live some places, the wrong words can get you murdered or arrested. You can get nasty responses inviting you to die just by having a female name. So, don't use wrong words or a female name. Write about your mother or the sky or how happy it is to be warm enough or miserable to be cold. If you feel no inclination to do any writing, ok. But I hope you will at least think about it from time to time. You may owe it to yourself.
