Day One

I am no authority on much, least of all in the spiritual realm. But I try in all ways to do my best, be my best, give my best. That I fail, sometimes more than less, I must forgive. Finding the strength to do that has been difficult. Yet the irony is that it is so easy to forgive.

Since last Christmas, '08, when my then 13 year old son gave to me the book written by Rick Warren called the "The Purpose Driven Life", little did either of us know what effect the book would have. To my son, it has little effect, if any. He remains stoic and reticent. I, on the other hand, have renewed my faith in Christ and am more than willing to share that faith with anyone who wishes. I have not embraced evangilism. I doubt I ever will. I have strong beliefs in other faiths too, which I believe share a common God. Who nows? Someone. But not me. This journey I am on is not about a destination, yet.

So getting back to the book, for those who are not familiar with it, Reverend Warren lays out a 40 day work plan for his readers. Simply read one chapter a day; do the suggested actions, which include a bible reading or two, journaling, self-reflection, prayer or meditation. I have to admit that I was not 100% diligent, as I missed a few days here and there. But I made them up.

I decided I would accept Reverend Warren`s challenge in honour of my son. For I don`t think that I would have bought the book for myself. And since Geordon gave me the book for Christmas, I decided I could honour him by reading the book. but the book is not a read. It is a forty day journey of daily practice. Well it so happens that there are forty days between the day after Christmas and the day before my birthday. I thought that was kind of neat. Some day in the future, I will publish my first 40 Purpose Driven Life journal.

I see now that 40 days is an excellent period. I`ll find all the references I can over these next forty days and remark about them I am sure.

Here I set my intention to create a 40 day blog. It will be mostly stream of consciousness drivel. If it`s any good, then good. If it`s all drivel, well that is fine too, as it will have been expunged from my system. Someone, somewhere may find a connection, a flicker of inspiration. But if no-one should read this, then oh well. I am not really writing this for anyone but myself.

One other thing, I will post all forty days on the fortieth day. I anticipate that I will not be able to create entries on each day as I will be away in the bush some of the days. I will write on paper - you know that white thin eight and half inch by eleven inch stuff. But I will faithfully write every day for the next forty days.

Welcome to my journey, my great journey.