Like all things.

This post will be a preface of sorts. It seems that most personal blogs tend to not to raise to any real level of popularity. For a while I had been hoping to become "e-popular" someday. Kind of ridiculous, I know. Nevertheless, I figured I'd give it a shot. In addition, this blog should revolve around the idea of "growth".

So what's the big deal with me and growth? Well... I had always asked myself philosophical questions growing up. I wanted to figure everything out for myself. I guess I was hoping to make a mental guide book on how to live. Everything would be easier once I knew the right choices. That's the idea.

My roommate and I were having a conversation on the Bible. He asked me to sum up the Bible in one word. I suppose I should have given it more time. I answered "forgiveness". But he insisted that the best word was "love". Now, it seems so obvious. Have love in your life and the rest will follow.

After giving it a lot more thought, I figured there is more to life than love. I was really looking to reconstruct my worldly paradigm. I decided to look at trends in life itself to discover what I needed to know about how to live. It turns out that all things alive grow (duh). Growth is the best indication that you're living. Did you grow since last year? I'm not just talking about getting taller. Have your skills improved? has your environment changed? are you who you want to be yet? And it's so important that our love grows and doesn't become stagnant?

So that's where I'm at, folks. Do what helps you grow. What helps others grow. What helps the world grow.

-Mike