Taglines

I like taglines.

Simple phrases that sum up and define purpose.

Have you noticed that LightAndShadow’s Journal has a tagline?

No! Well, take a look. Over there in the sidebar under "About"! See it! That’s right… right there. Ummm hmmmm, The Things I Think! Yep, that’s the one.

See I chose that as my motto for a very specific reason. I’m beginning to understand that where the mind goes the man follows. If my thinking is twisted and rooted in unhappiness and dissatisfaction, I’m likely to remain locked in unhappiness and dissatisfaction. That’s just the way it seems to work. In the final analysis, attitude is everything.

I like the expression… Check Yourself!

I created this blog to so just that. I created it to capture my thoughts. Not just to get ‘em out there, but to lock them down so that I could go back and examine them later. I wanted to check myself by tracking my fleeting thoughts, chronicling my quiet musings, giving voice to my crazy rants, laughing out loud at the foolishness around me, all the while solidifying my values.

Why? Once again, where the mind goes the man follows and I wanted to know where my mind was leading me.

I hear you! I know you’re saying that with or without writing everything down I am in a position to know precisely what’s own my own d@mn mind, right? Yes, right! Absolutely correct, but…

My blog makes me… it makes me accountable.

There it is. Everything, well… almost everything I think right out in the open… easily examined and peeled back. Unhidden. It is the public nature of recording my thoughts that makes them so much more powerful than just leaning back in my chair and thinking them.

See, if it is just me in my head it’s easy to become disconnected from the way my thoughts are impacting my life, but once those thoughts find their way into the zeros and ones of blogging, I am forced to carefully examine them. I have to ask myself… Is this true? Is this the way I want to feel? Is this the way I wish to be perceived? And if the answer is no, then I must ask myself where I should change my thinking.

Why? Because if I don’t want to be seen in a certain light, than I can’t live there. Period!

To my discredit, I must say that my mind doesn’t always go where it should. To my credit, I can also say that I am fully aware of this and I’m working on it… consciously breaking old patterns and attempting to establish better ones. And that, in a nutshell, is what the blog is all about!

My blog not only makes me accountable, but it encourages me to change my mind and, as a result, my destination.

Here’s to the things I think! Oh, and have I told you how much I appreciate our time together?!