I have just finished moving (most of) the postings from the first “On Being” weblog to this version of it. And, I assume that if you are reading this, you have made the move along with me :o)

Given my choices of software, I ended up needing to copy and paste the entries from the first weblog to this one and contrary to the initial sense of resolved dread I felt about this, the process was a pleasure.

I was able to choose to decide to let some stuff go (always a good thing :o) and, I was able to re-choose (and re-see :o) that which I wanted to bring along with “me” (also always a good thing :o)

In one of the books I recently read, there was a line (or so :o) about looking over the past. The line (or so :o) distinguished between “living in the past” and “taking a moment to just have a look at it all”. It was much more beautifully written than that and it was about fulfilling that wish that I certainly know… to “catch up” with not necessarily one’s own life but with the appreciation or savouring or simply “looking at” of it.

We are so busy. We continue to be so busy even when we work hard to not be :o) and copying and pasting the entries from the first version of “On Being” to this one gave me a chance to look at some of the wonderful moments I have had over these past couple of years. And, I was able to catch a glimpse of how much richer my life is with each honoured (even if only semi :o) moment.

In particular, I am amazed at the books that are out there just waiting to be read. I find this incredible. And going through time — my time I suppose — and realizing that up to whichever moment in my life I had not yet been exposed to the thinking or writing or characters or emotions or whatever was/is so remarkable about a book, almost stopped me short. Certainly I realized that once I have read something, good or bad or brilliant or not great, it is impossible to “unknow” the gifts of that book. Every book. And I feel fortunate for the gifts I felt the first time round and, certainly, as I went through the postings describing my experience of them.

For the rest of the postings… I am happy to have these to look over. Things change. Children grow up. Relationships evolve or move on. And I’m glad for the reminders of the things I found “then”. (And I’m glad that I found things, particularly pleasure and wonder and beauty, “then” :o) For the postings around my “issues and upset”, I’m reassured to see that life went on “anyway”. And, yes, I write that rather tongue-in-cheek. I take most things very seriously. And my seriousness isn’t always shared. And, well, so it goes and so we/I continue and evolve.

I am, with all of this, thrilled to see that it is (again :o) true that I love where I now am and I am thrilled to imagine the “trend” continuing :o)

So… thank you for having (re)found this and thank you for taking the time to consider any of it actually. The choices for how we spend our time are endless. I hope that choosing to spend some of yours here is a good thing.