I've never been able to commiserate with complaints that bloggers portray their lives as being happier, healthier, more beautiful than they might be in reality. Mostly because blogging, for me, represents a celebration and documentation of life, rather than a diary entry of fault and failure. Those things have a way of creeping up, even when they go undocumented. Making a conscious decision to remember more goodness and blessing that stems from hardship - that's the challenge.
It's not all sunshine and flowers around here. If it was, I suppose it would mean that we'd stopped truly living.
Amen x 1,000!
ReplyDeleteI definitely think there should a balance in blogging. There shouldn't be a lot of trying to make one's life appear perfect, and there shouldn't be a lot of negativity and 'fault and failure'. Like you say, it should be a conscious attempt to be joyful in everything and anything.
ReplyDelete:) Thanks for this!
I love your perspective and feel the same! It's natural that most people want to use their blogs as a positive outlet for their life. Of course we all have difficulties, but we deal with those enough in real life :)
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Jenna
Agreed! I'm often tempted to (and sometimes do) blog about the downs and frustrations, but I like to think that blogging is my motivation to look on the bright side :)
ReplyDeleteI like this outlook. I always try an be at least reasonably positive and cheerful on my blog too. :)
ReplyDeletePoetic, powerful and TRUE!
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Amy
Yes!
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