Hi ,
Long long ago, I had a habit of writing a diary. I called it ‘AISH’, whom I perceive as an angel and I don’t give a damn for what people say about her and what newspapers write about her. I see the god of beauty in her and that’s the reason I look at her as an angel! Sorry if I am being crazy, but I am!
I personally have strong reasons why a person should write his or her diary. This exercise is helpful only when we are honest in the activity and hence we should never consider the possibility that some day this diary might fall into the hands of somebody else. It is then that we learn to be honest to ourselves. We can monitor our thought process, our relationships, the shortcomings in our behavior, the way we mature in our thoughts. It will be a map of our personal growth, showing how we formed our convictions, our philosophies which would finally shape our outlook.
Hence, I would put all my thoughts into it. I would address my diary as my friend, I would apologize for not writing continuously –I treated my diary as a person or rather as a beautiful lady in whom I can confide, to whom I can tell my philosophies of life (any other live person would go crazy if they hear me talking philosophies!).
But as the days progressed, I had lot of thoughts, lot of lessons learnt, lots of convictions…everything in lots. I had a problem in remembering them at the end of the day to put it in my diary or even if I did, it used to be tedious task to write so much – afterall, I am a person good at keyboard and not at pen! There were times when I wished I had a pensive (harry’s pensive, idea from Harry Potter).
Its now that I have considered to write again. I have a friend by name S Deepthi, to whom I used to tell lots of philosophies during our YM chat. A few days later I could imagine how she would have suffered because of all the crap I used to tell her. She also gave me the idea of blogging. So I have started, triggered by her idea. I also believe it is comfortable because people can choose to read it or ignore it. Its their choice.
This is the story of my transition from aish to e-Aish. I treat these blogs as my original aish, pouring out all that I think, I belive and conflicts that go on in my mind sometimes irrespective of whether people read it or not. Although I personally wish atleast deepthi would go through this once in a while, for the mistake she has made by giving me this idea.
My blogs will usually be long. So have patience to read it. I will be back soon….