BLOGGING FRIENDSHIPS

Just felt compelled today to talk about blogging friendships, having spoken to Derek, Past, Present, & Future, Pete, The Shortbus, and my Spidey! again yesterday. I have had the fortune of gaining some terrific friends through my blogging. Thank goodness for this! It could be the other way. Lately, I find myself asking why is this so? Perhaps it's because one can reasonably screen people for a period of time through reading their blog. Obviously this process allows one to get a sense of whether there is any common interests and thoughts. But in any event, I have remained lucky in this arena.

So many of my initiated phone contacts have revealed people who are genuine. Each one has felt like a person that I have known all my life - engaging, friendly, at ease, interested in getting to know me (and vice versa). I can't imagine what I would do without each of them (you) in my daily life. Still I wonder what creates this ability to communicate so easily. Is it because we bloggers possess a sentimental, emotional side, moreso than the rest of society? Is it possibly because we tend to be more introspective, constantly evaluating ourselves, constantly trying to find how we can make a difference in this world, even if it merely affects one person? It is so easy to get into this mode of questioning.

I am learning to just 'go for the ride!' And I am loving every minute of it. Hugs to all my blogger buds. You're the best.