http://xfep.com/blogging/five-blogging-lessons-from-julie-powell/ Tips on Being a Better Blogger Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://xfep.com/blogging/five-blogging-lessons-from-julie-powell/comment-page-1/#comment-4226 cantubury Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:50:55 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=2238#comment-4226 I am always suspicious when some writes a testimonial that "he/she became famous overnight"; Oprah brought them on the show"; "instant celerity" status happens. Nobel prize winners, great thinkers, like Einstein and Heisenberg, for example, are debated for years after their death and like Marlyn Monroe, Jack Kennedy, and Princess Diana were hounded and slammed constantly and they worked or not, tirelessly for years trying to discover or create something. There are billions of blogs, facebook accounts and writing about personal issues that go no where. The rules stated make sense, of course, so does the 5 agreements of Dr. Ruiz, the first being "take nothing personally". So I don't think I or anyone I know will become famous,nor want to overnight or over a lifetime just by blogging. Content is King, as the US dollars used to be. Most content is just not that interesting; especially mine. I find it encouraging in the article and like to feel I should go on writing but do not think the goal and sole reason should to be famous and world renown but to keep focused on our purpose--which is to serve each other and the "logos" which purpose we really have chosen, based on our values, philosophy and respect for all the earth and its living creatures. If we had home-style QVC® genetic comparison machines that we could grind up flowers, tree bark, garbage or whatever, we would find we are all related, whether genetically close like the ape/monkey species which is about 96 percent or an orchid or a dog. Native Americans have taught me respect, tradition and pride in a way that no 15 minutes of Andy Warholian fame ever could. Dr. Mime, a friend of mine and art collector /educator/performer (Kenny De Camp) and who used to actually work with Warhol http://www.warholfoundation.org/ & other famous movie stars and artists tells me his greatest joy is teaching emotional intelligence and body movement to children. And Dr. Mime was an orthopedic medical P.A. I am always suspicious when some writes a testimonial that “he/she became famous overnight”; Oprah brought them on the show”; “instant celerity” status happens. Nobel prize winners, great thinkers, like Einstein and Heisenberg, for example, are debated for years after their death and like Marlyn Monroe, Jack Kennedy, and Princess Diana were hounded and slammed constantly and they worked or not, tirelessly for years trying to discover or create something. There are billions of blogs, facebook accounts and writing about personal issues that go no where. The rules stated make sense, of course, so does the 5 agreements of Dr. Ruiz, the first being “take nothing personally”. So I don’t think I or anyone I know will become famous,nor want to overnight or over a lifetime just by blogging. Content is King, as the US dollars used to be. Most content is just not that interesting; especially mine. I find it encouraging in the article and like to feel I should go on writing but do not think the goal and sole reason should to be famous and world renown but to keep focused on our purpose–which is to serve each other and the “logos” which purpose we really have chosen, based on our values, philosophy and respect for all the earth and its living creatures. If we had home-style QVC® genetic comparison machines that we could grind up flowers, tree bark, garbage or whatever, we would find we are all related, whether genetically close like the ape/monkey species which is about 96 percent or an orchid or a dog. Native Americans have taught me respect, tradition and pride in a way that no 15 minutes of Andy Warholian fame ever could. Dr. Mime, a friend of mine and art collector /educator/performer (Kenny De Camp) and who used to actually work with Warhol http://www.warholfoundation.org/ & other famous movie stars and artists tells me his greatest joy is teaching emotional intelligence and body movement to children. And Dr. Mime was an orthopedic medical P.A.

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