To my fellow
blogger friends:Did you know that we
bloggers might be considered by some to be exhibitionists? I recently listened to a radio program wherein the guest speaker, who had studied blogs extensively and written a book about them, mentioned that blogging could be viewed as a form of exhibitionism. Wait a minute, I thought, I'm not an exhibitionist! If anything, I'm an
inhibitionist at heart. The idea, of course, was that people who maintain personal blogs are their own bosses and can, therefore, post whatever they feel like posting. For example, these questions come to mind:
Q: Who is the editor of your personal blog?
A: You are.
Q: Who decides whether or not to write a post about that embarrassing day when you might or might not have started a veggie burger on fire in the microwave at work?
A: You do.
Q: Who carefully chooses background colors, templates, photos, widgets and other bells and whistles to create that one-of-a-kind, uniquely-you, aesthetically pleasing look?
A: Why, of course, the answer is you, yourself, and you.
You and
I, the friendly
bloggers that we are, just might be exhibitionists. What then, do we choose to put on exhibit? You have the power to create an ambiance for your blog, as strange as that idea may seem to some. You set the tone. You choose the style. You provide the content. And because you have the power to blog about whatever you choose, I would like to say
thank you for choosing to share yourselves through your words, stories, and photographs.
Thank you for writing about your struggles, desires, and dreams in ways that uplift and inspire others. In a blogger world where we have no editors but ourselves, I personally
thank you for providing content that makes me laugh, cry, and feel emotionally satisfied.