and so it begins...

According to my Blogger profile, the last time I blogged was in January of 2008. January 2014 finds me happily married for 4 going on 5 years, a mother of a rather delightfully rambunctious 2-going-on-3-year old girl, and fully employed as a slightly seasoned secondary school teacher.

I never really had intentions of rekindling the blogging flame. My passion for blogging in my 20s was mainly triggered by a desire to procrastinate when I was supposed to be channelling all my "all nighter" energy into writing a university term paper, and then eventually it became a mere outlet for releasing my angst about all things life-related from bad haircuts to the humdrum of the everyday.

My blogging gradually came to a stop when I had nothing left to complain or rant about. The more optimistic and appreciative I became, the less I blogged.

Of course, the life-issues which could lead to ranting and raving don't magically disappear when you're in your 30s. There are more bills to pay, house maintenance issues, more mouths to feed other than your own, many attempts in trying to overcome the obstacle of potty training (preferably for your child and not yourself), and the list goes on. But, thankfully somehow, the the focus shifts, and you learn to deal with it - sometimes gracefully, sometimes not, but you eventually move on. 

Wouldn't it be interesting (maybe even amazing) though if people blogged, tweeted, or "facebooked" (I'm still getting used to the idea that this is being used as verb now) more about the positive things they've been inspired or blessed by instead of bombarding cyberspace with so much negativity and "yuckiness" (for lack of a better word)? Perhaps a random act of kindness that someone has gracefully shown them, or the experience of witnessing a sunrise, full of reddish and pink hues splashed across the sky - experiences like these may not be life-changing, but it could be a blessing to someone else.

It's so easy to blurt out negative thoughts, simply because this whole world is full of it already - in the media, in our conversations, in our impressions of people, sometimes without even knowing it. It's almost like it's become second nature to a lot of us, which is a little disheartening if you think about it. 

So, I have decided that in this blog, I will not post excessively happy thoughts at every waking moment, but rather, I will attempt to share a few inspiring thoughts here and there that enforce the idea that even the simplest joys are much to be appreciated; with the hope that one or two people will be blessed along the way. 

We'll see how far I can take this. But for now, challenge accepted.