A Disclaimer of Sorts for the Path Unfinished

I have read a number of insightful, thought provoking, expertly written blogs over the years. They have enlightened and challenged me in their carefully chosen words. So I admit that I practically recoil at calling what I am doing here 'a blog.' I know how rambling, shabby and lazy it might end up appearing.
With that in mind, here is the framework for this blog. 

1. I make no pretense to be original, exhaustive or an expert on any topic about which I write.
2. I do not presume to always be right or that my point of view is the only legitimate one.
3. Like everyone, I and my views are products of my culture, generation, heritage, education, experiences and prejudices.
4. I respect the reader's right to disagree with anything I write, but I am under no obligation to post your views.
5. I will block any post that is uncivil, discourteous or indecent, at my own discretion.
6. I admit that I am idealistic in many ways, and yet, on occasion I may compromise those ideas for the sake of pragmatism.
7. There is no limit to the topics I may write about, but typically you can expect me to address politics, religion and society.
8. My views and awareness on a multitude of topics have evolved over the decades and likely are still in a stage of flux. In short, I am still walking an unfinished path and the twists and turns are unpredictable.

Here It Goes

I've been inclined, urged and afraid of starting a blog off and on for a number of years. It's not so much that I have a lot that needs to be heard as it is that I just need to say some things from time to time.

My mind seldom stops processing, reflecting, weighing issues. Especially the "big" issues. I use quotation marks because I acknowledge that today's big issue may be tomorrow's big snore.

But I have always been inclined toward the large scale, the universal, the eternal. When I was a practicing Christian, the big issues included matters of salvation, heaven and the Kingdom of God. Now that I am... less convinced about religion, I still tend to focus on the big picture (and questions) about human destiny, potential and the planet.

Also, because it is very much in my emotional DNA, I still contemplate matters of faith, religion and hope. I am just more open to doubt than I used to be.

Likewise I no long feel compelled to 'get it right' all of the time.

Separately I will publish a disclaimer that will be directly linked on every future blog.

Call it therapy. Call it ego. Call it hubris. What ever the deep seated reasons for this blog endeavor may be, here it goes.