I am a virgin. I have never before participated in a web-log (BLOG in the vernacular) community.  A dear friend of mine, in fact my dearest friend, spends quite a bit of his time on this site, so I wanted to “see” for myself what the allure was.  The idea of meeting like minded individuals or having rampant discussions with those of opposing views is very much to my liking, though I prefer to meet and discuss with people on the Terra Firma; the idea of speaking with a wider base of humans in Cyber-Space also has its distinct benefits.

I’m going to make a real effort to keep up with this BLOG; however, I try to keep my life pretty full, in order not to miss much that is happening back my ‘Terra Firma’ life, which can be at times fairly hectic.  Balancing work and play, could be a full time occupation in and of itself.  To quote one of the greatest American philosophers,

 "One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards."

 To find the proper balance is never easy.  But if you can’t enjoy life, why bother fighting for it?  To truly live, you must have purpose.  Finding that purpose can be difficult.  Difficult but not impossible.

Some men spend their time, seeing how many notches they can put on their gun-barrel. But when they meet their maker can they say that they lived the best possible life that they could?

Every one of us has two things in common.  We were born and we will die.  How we spend the time in between is the difference.  Every second that passes is, either wasted or put to good use.  The real question is what mark do you want to leave on the world.  Spend your time idly playing or working for the greater good.  It’s your choice.