Love for a Hobby

My wife had to think about as to whose name I didnt want to mentiion yesterday, then she realized who I was writing about.  I could have used her initials or something.  She has Swifties as followers.  My wife first thought it was herself.  But I didnt want hits just by mentiining her.  Maybe I should have mentioned her by name to just clear the air.

I'm not sure I have much else to say about love I haven't already said.  Writung is my outlet and I've given thought to writing a book, which I work on from time to time.  I thought about getting seriously into writing, but the only deadline I have for myself is this blog, and I wouldn't do it if I didn't love doing this.  One might say I dabble in writing.  And as art is a hobby for some, writung for me is the same.  It's simply a hobby.

Hemingway was often criticized for his simplistic writung style, but he simply told stories so well.  Mark Twain was a humorist, but again he was such a good story writer.  Many famous writers were often journalists early on in their careers.  I don't read nearly as much these days as I used to.  But I seem mostly to spend my time watching videos.  As I think mote people seem to do these days.  

I could write about world affairs, but really, I prefer the simple rather than the complex.  My posts could be lengthy, but I choose not to take up your time.  I might write more for my wife as she usually has something to say about each of these posts.  And every once in awhile I'll post something that seems okay at the time, but then I'd wish I wrote something else or wrote it differently.  My mind gets stuck in a pattern sometimes and there are times I just want to move on.  There's more to life than just what's in my head.  

A pipe is always a companion as I write.  I can pause with a pipe, do some thinking, and then I'll write some more.  My life is a Spiritual journey, but I can just say so much about that.  Spirituality CAN become a theme and I don't want that either.  Life is bigger than myself.  So, in my own way, I'm showing some love to each of you who read what I write.  I care about each of you, because most of you know me personally.  

My wife will tell you that I CAN think of myself as the center of the universe.  This is a great danger for anyone to believe about themselves.  Some Spiritual people fall into this trap.   I'm no exception.  I write for the enjoyment of writing.  I could have any other hobby.  Writing keeps my mind active.  But I'm always in search of something to write about.

Love for others always begins with the self and as someone once told me, life is relational.  I might be more of an exception than the rule, as I seem to spend a lot of time to myself these days.  Maybe too much.  The world is a big place, but it seems the Internet has made it much smaller than it is.  My world is quite small, but I've kept it that way on purpose.  I might say that my mental health demands a small world.  I don't write for numbers.  I write for a relative few.  

I don't throw click-bait out there--or at least try not to.  Toward the end of my social media days, my world got too big.  I couldn't deal with it.  I've kept a small world on purpose.  It might not be best and I've given thought to it, but a lot depends on how my Spirit Guides lead me.  When that time comes I will know.  Right now I am to do what I've been doing.  Jesus began with a few.  I'm thinking I am too.  I am NOT the center of the universe, but too many might change me, and NOT for the better.  I am best in a very small world.  This is my best.  My mental well-being demands it.  Otherwise, I could be all over the place, as my wife says I kind of was yesterday.  But I tried to keep it all together.

I'm at my very best alone with my thoughts and my pipe.  There have been times I've thought about giving up this blog, but I'd need something to replace it with.  And no, I don't need to post every day.  But as long as I love doing this I will.  Once it becomes too much work, I'll find another hobby.  I'm working on my DB5, but I enjoy my time with my pipe.  Today I decided to smoke some Yorktown Virginia based tobacco in my Peterson Sherlock Holmes pipe and I thank you for your time.  Peace to each one of you.

Dave