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So I blogged I while back about how I ran into a woman at Borders and she invited me to the local chapter of the Jane Austen Society and I accepted and I was excited to go because of my general nerdiness and how nice and encouraging she was at a time when I needed the encouragement and I went and it was awesome. Remember? Remember? Well...
It so happens that Borders Lady is a relative of a friend of mine! LOL! and apparently they don't like her very much, but that's another story. Funny funny small world. Except not really because apparently Borders Lady spends a lot of time in Borders and invites a lot of people to the Jane Austen Society. I was a mere fly caught in her web :) But regardless, I was pleased to accept the invitation and I'm still planning to continue with the Janeites.
You may not have noticed but I didn't mention much about seeing that lady again at the meeting I attended though I had been pretty pleased to meet her. I made a big deal out of honoring her invitation and then I didn't mention whether I saw her or not. Well, I did see her, but I spent most of the time conversing with the Janeites my age and, while I did greet her, we only spoke in passing.
New friend? Not so much. But I am grateful for the encouragement she gave me and the invitation.
But this whole episode reminded me of why I was so hesitant to resume blogging. In order to blog, you have to reveal things about yourself, your hopes and dreams, your complaints and troubles, your humor, etc. While you can choose how much to reveal, regardless of what you reveal, you always run the risk of discovering you were mistaken, naive, etc. And when you blog it, it is public. And, in some way, you can't take it back. It is way easier to appear ignorant or silly when hindsight is 20/20 and there is a written record of your past thoughts.
But I'm going to continue blogging because I'm self-aware enough to be comfortable with appearing silly or ignorant. Sometimes I am those things. And sometimes I'm not. But I want to be able to share myself because there are so many people who have shared themselves with me.