In the Beginning

This weekend I had one of those experiences when one simple event triggers so many buried emotions, it is like part of you becomes fractured. It wasn't any horrible or traumatic experience. I simply planned a last-minute party to which no one showed up to. Not that bad at all. However, it was enough to bring suppressed emotions up & battling for dominance in my mind. I tried to push them down and act normal, but that didn't do anything to vanquish these battling emotions. From this experience, I do not want to become self-centered, self-pitying, selfish, depressed, or held back by the past. Instead, I am going to choose to believe that everything happens for a reason. Every event occurs so that we can learn from it, and improve ourselves. So, I am going to use this blog to try to improve myself, focusing on difference aspects of myself to improve upon. The first few aspects I will focus on are going to be gratitude and service. My hope is that by focusing on others and the small and simple joys in life, I will be better able to learn & grow from this experience, and any who read this blog can learn from my experience as well. After all, "a wise man learns from his mistakes, but a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others.".  I understand that my thought process is strange, and even I do not understand myself nor my thoughts sometimes. So, by releasing my thoughts into each post on this blog, focusing on difference aspects (like service or gratitude) I hope to be able to retrain my thoughts for the better. Each post will be, in some form or another, a portion of the day in my mind, hence the blog title, "A Day in My Mind".