When I started this blog a month ago it was just something I thought I’d do for fun. Just share a few random thoughts here and there, perhaps, from time to time, offer a word of encouragement, a nugget of truth, a tidbit of wisdom, or, maybe even a little inspiration.
After a month, I would like to think that I’ve covered the spectrum of all of the above. During that process, though, I must admit that I’ve been completely caught off guard by what has happened!
In the beginning I had no expectations for this little blog of mine. I fully expected that it would be sent out into the vast expanse of cyberspace and float around the constellations of blogs and tweets and legitimate literature going, like the stars, mostly unnoticed as an individual entity.
When I look in the sky at night, I’m taken back by it’s wonder and beauty. A simple mind such as my own can’t even begin to fathom has it was put together. The thought of how each unique star was set in it’s place the same way with which you or I would hang an ornament on a Christmas Tree, is simply unfathomable to me. Rarely, when gazing upon it’s splendor, do I notice a single star. Instead, I drink the in the canvas of twinkling, dancing lights as a whole.
I guess that is sort of what I figured would happen with this blog. It would become as a single star, swallowed in a backdrop of millions. It would be out there to see, but never noticed amongst the rest. It would seem that I was wrong.
The first week this blog was online, I collected a couple dozen page views on a good day, maybe 3 or 5 visitors. Little more than a month later, I’m averaging between 100-200 visitors a day, and my page views have climbed from a couple dozen to between 800-1000.
In the grand scheme of things, those numbers could be viewed as insignificant. I can appreciate that many blogs have tens of thousands of readers. To me, however, somebody who takes a few minutes each day to share a little piece of himself , those numbers are quite humbling.
So to you, the one who reads, I say thank you. Thank you for the gift of your time. The most precious commodity any of us will ever posses is time. I’m honored that you’ve chosen to share some of yours with me. In return, I hope you’ll find a blessing. Whether it come in the form of a smile, a laugh, a tear, or a truth, my desire is to give you something of value, the same as you have shared with me.
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