My first blog

Nowadays it seems everyone has a blog.  And why not?  It's like a journal that you can share with other people.  Put your thoughts "out there" and hope to connect with like-minded souls.  I suppose this is my reason for starting one.  I've never really been a 'journaler,' but in the past couple of years I've very much taken to writing to friends and posting my ideas, thoughts and experiences in a couple of online public places.  I've found a love for writing, and for reflection, and connecting with people. 

I've called my blog "Take Flight," because I'm really just a little bird (of the chicka-dee variety) who has finished growing up, and is now ready to start growing 'out,' into the world, to spread my wings, so to speak, and really take to the skies.  In a very real sense I have been "reborn," and I hope to share some of my adventure as it unfolds into a new way of life for me.  I've lived nearly in seclusion for the past three years, or so it feels, as I've gone thru an amazing inner transformation.  And yet thru all this, I worked part time, looked after my family, and faced some very trying circumstances. 

But my "call" to the inner journey was irresistably powerful, all consuming, and inspiring, and it changed me in ways I could never have anticipated.  It was the most difficult, amazing, blissful, agonizing, wonderful, awe-filled experience of my life.  And now I have come full circle, ready to truly begin my life anew. 

I am not yet sure what this blog will be -- a look back over my journey, a chronicle of a new life begun, a channeling of wisdom from beyond, a sharing of insight and experience.  Likely, a little of all of these things.  Perhaps also with some poetry, and writings which have inspired me and marked important passageways on my journey (both of what was already, and what is now and yet to come).  I don't know if this will be just for me, or a few selected friends to share it with, or if it will grow beyond my hopes and dreams.  Whatever it turns out to be, it will be, hopefully, a unique gift, from me, to whomever may wish to enjoy it with me.

Dreams, Take Flight.