Blog Browsing

I've been blog browsing again, putting off more thesis writing and instead perusing other people's lives that seem much more exciting than my own. One of my friends wrote that she thought blogging relatively selfish, we write and post pictures expecting other people to be as interested in the minutia of our lives as we are of writing about it. And perhaps that true - but honestly its about me anyways, more for my own personal satisfaction then then need of a response.
Despite my own personal satisfaction in writing, I do enjoy reading about other people's lives, though and their personal thoughts. Sometimes its a recipe from a friend like apple pie - and I remember eating an apple pie late at night in a Ronald McDonald house with her . . . we forgot the salt but the ice cream sandwich with it was a saving grace.
I read another friends blog today who had pictures of her two amazing children and I wondered what a person could do to get a life like that. Simple and beautiful and happy. But I couldn't think of any one who deserved it more.
There's another blog I read - that I just came across through a friend, of a man who struggle with same gender attractions, among other life challenges. He works on balancing his life through the gospel. Sometimes its then that I realize the minutia of my blog . . . Despite his honesty, or perhaps because of it, I'm encouraged by the way he consistently is open about challenges while learning. Its an important life lesson for me. I go back and forth about being honest with my challenges and keep things light and simple. I'm not always sure of the balance or how to communicate what I really feel. Perhaps this blog, more than anything, for me is an exercise is consistency. (Something that I appreciate in life and am still figuring out).