Wow! A Blog is Born!
Who would've thought...this is a new adventure into the realm of self-publishing!
Just think of it - anyone can set up a blog and begin to post entries for others to read. At least, that is my hope with this project!
The first challenge with creating this thing was to come up with a decent blog title and address...I had to use my imagination, but I believe the shoe - or shall I say, hiking boot - fits.
Number one, it's good to be happy. Happy, Jesus says, are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 5:3). It seems like the less you are attached to material things, the more free you are to really encounter God. I know I have too much stuff - and it's an ongoing project to weed out the things I really don't use or need and give them away to others who might.
Number two, the Catholic thing. It would take some time for me to explain, but I do adopt that label with exceeding joy and amazement...I distinctly recall once upon a time stating very clearly that I would never do so, but you know how those famous last words can turn out.
Number three, I am definitely an incurable wanderer. As J. R. R. Tolkein has stated, however, "Not all who wander are lost." That is the truth, brother. I take great joy in wandering. Nothing restores my soul like getting out there for a bit of a wander through a field or in a woods, on a beach or on a footpath...it's all good. To a childlike spirit, even a vacant lot is a fine place to wander and to discover the small wonders to be found at one's feet.
Happy...Catholic...Wanderer. That's it!
I hope to have you join me on my journey! Thanks for coming along.
