To Blog or Not to Blog?

Hello my faithful bloggers.  So you may have noticed it's been a while since I've posted.  This is because I've been in deep ponderment (is that even a word?) of the age old question - To Blog or Not to Blog?  A dear person to me made some observations concerning the vulnerability of posting your thoughts/feelings out there for anyone and everyone to see.  First there is the safety issue that some creepy person could find my teeny tiny blog in the midst of the gazillion-gabillion blogs out there, and decide to find us and want to... well let's not go there...  Plus there is the idea that thoughts/feelings are personal and if you need to express them, perhaps you're better off writing them down in a journal where they'll remain private and there's no chance of offending anyone.  So I've been rattling all this around in my head.  I see the safety issue.  I mean I really have no way of filtering who can view this.  So yes, I might become a little more guarded with the details as to not give away too much.  But aren't I just as likely to be followed home by some creepy person from the grocery store?  There are a million ways to look at this, but the fact of the matter is, sometimes you just have to ignore the "what-ifs" and do what makes you happy.  And the issue of publicly expressing opinions, well, I first want to apologize for my Election Day post.  Re-reading it I think I may have gotten a little carried away and my language was a little harsh, so my apologies if I made anyone blush.  But there's also this thought that blogging is just too self-indulgent.  Like just sitting here typing out what's going on in my life and what's going on in my head (and then expecting you all to take the time to read it) is too selfish.  That I should have better things to do right now.  Well, right now my daughter is napping, so I can't go anywhere.  The house could probably use some cleaning, but well hell, that's always the case.  I can't go making a bunch of noise, cause that'll just wake her up and then she'll be grumpy the rest the day and nobody wants that.  So why don't I just write down all these thoughts/opinions in a journal and not publish them out there in the big wide world of cyberspace?  Well, I'm not really worried about trying to create some hugely popular blog and I'm also not really trying to push it on people and making sure everyone knows every single aspect of my life and then what's my take on it.  I just feel like throwing my thoughts out in the wind and kinda hoping someone picks them up and might take a step back and think "Well you know, she's gotta good point there."  Not only is blogging a way of collecting my own thoughts but also a way to stimulate discussion.  And I love discussion, but when you're stranded with a napping baby, there's not too many folks to get chatty with.  Has anyone seen the documentary Babies?  It basically follows around four babies that are from all different parts of the world.  The one in particular I found most interesting was a baby from an African tribe, but more specifically, the mothers in the tribe.  They all sat together and just chit-chatted for most of the day it seemed.  They had no other job than to care for their children, but they all did it together.  Maybe that's why internet has become so popular, we are all searching for that human connection we lost with the modern convenience of having a private home.  Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy my private home.  But to revert back to my original question - To Blog or Not to Blog? - my answer is yes, I will continue to blog because it is my outlet, my enjoyment.  While I may be a little more reserved and cautious with what details I reveal, I'm enjoying having a world where I can stand up and say what I think, even if no one is listening.  Because then it has been released and is no longer festering inside my noggin.  So with that my friends, there's no need to panic, because there will be lots, lots more blogging to come.