As I Read, I Learn, I Treasure

Since it was a very quiet evening sitting at the terrace where only the lights of a few houses can be seen, I made some reflections that of my blog and of the people who visited, stayed, and left.

I had been writing for more than seven years now, with an extensive range of topics from personal experiences to teachings, as well as my hobbies of gardening and painting. It also includes my travels around Thailand and to other parts of the world. I started with no readers at all and had for a number of years three people I exchanged comments with: Poi, Jasper, and Lucas.  Of the three, only Poi became a friend of mine where I also witnessed how he evolved as a writer and how he stopped because of personal reasons.

It was only last year when I pique my curiosity and visited other blogs and become braver in cyberspace. I learned how to surf other blogs and ended making comments to some chosen few. It was in the summer of July when I decided to meet the people behind those blogs. I went out of my way to meet six incredible people: Senyor, Ms. Balut, Ambot, Asiong, Jessica, and Cher Kat. It was one of the highlights for myself as a blogger. Meeting six people in ten days from five different places completed my summer holiday in the Philippines. 

From thereon, I came upon other blogs through theirs and stumbled upon more interesting individuals: Fiel, Rix, Josh, Sep, Mark, Jeison, Jay,  Arvin, Kristine, Joy, Mar, MeCoy, Pao, Tripster, Ric, Lili, Simon, Winzton, Jep, Ron, Rajiv, Oliver, Anne, Jobo, Ishmael, Mots, Aian, and others.  And of these list of people, only a handful continued to write their stories. I witnessed as they left their passion for other pursuits and made their blog homes unattended. I did miss some of them because of their spontaneity and all I can do is to wait for their return. 

After 654 entries and 3443 comments, my life as a blogger had changed for the better. I learned how to be open minded, how to be more creative, how to read between the lines, how to effectively communicate, how to listen by reading, and mostly, how to appreciate the visitors' efforts giving some minutes of their lives to read my postings.

I made friends and acquaintances. Though a handful stayed and most left, I remain humble because of their presence and their visits. I continue to write for my expressions, my narratives, my experiences, my stories, and my passions.

I am thankful to those who visited, read, and left words in my postings. May you continue to give sunshine as I learn from all your writings. 

The names in bold print are those I had met personally. All different individuals with equal talents in writing. I miss most of them and I do miss their postings.