Jeffrey Davis

*Attention: Feedback and input greatly desired on this post*

Tonight I had a great conversation with two people of whom hold great importance in my life. One of them helped me see that the post I wrote yesterday that was titled “Best Headline of the Day…Period” was not only un-funny, but actually quite offensive.

The post was a link to a story I saw about an initiative in Germany to bring prostitutes out of that line of work and into the senior-citizen care profession. Upon reading that article, I found it to be inspiring and humorous. Tonight, I was helped to see that it was not…from other perspectives.

After being helped by a dear friend to see that it was so offensive, I decided to take it down completely. This is exactly what I’m talking about when I mention the “Assume the Best” concept here at the Shadows of Love. She helped me to see that though my intentions were pure, the linked article itself was quite insensitive.

That whole scenario sparked a conversation about the usefulness of blogging…both in general and specific to my blog. Let me now take the time to list the goals of this blog:

• to be a connection point that fosters real life relationships
• to help others asking similar questions realize that they’re not the only freaks wondering such things (as a number of blogs were for me a few years ago)
• to spark thought, questions, dialog, and discussion that are conducive to our collective growth as spiritual beings housed in human bodies

There are, however, some unfortunate occurrences that take place as a result of my action upon those goals:

• I hold a more Eastern philosophy of learning (which relies heavily on dialog and question, not the proving of points and regurgitation of retained information)…hence, often misunderstanding.
• People (including sometimes myself) operate and interact outside of the “Assume the Best” concept
• If a person becomes upset about a post or the perceived motive of a post, and does not inform me of such, then the situation goes un-addressed and the misunderstanding resides indefinitely
• While there are those who have related with the questions and the journey shared here, others have stumbled upon ideas that they are not ready or willing to consider (which is perfectly OK), and thus, become angry or confused
• And finally, of course, I do sometimes post out of reaction, irritation, or anger of something and such posts are NOT conducive to any of my goals aforementioned–and I do try to edit or delete those posts, but some old and archived posts of such a nature remain.

I don’t really know what that means for now, but as I seem to do every 6 months or so, I will weigh the pro’s and con’s of continuing this blog and assess it’s direction.

Again, any feedback and input is always welcome, but is specifically desired in the case of this post…