WHY: "A LOOK FROM WITHIN"

WHY "A LOOK FROM WITHIN"
　
I am a complicated person. How did I get that way? How did I become who I am? Why do I do the things I do, or better still, why did I do the things I did the way I did them?

I’m not really sure I know who I am. Today, I want to find out who I am and what makes me tick. To do this I need to look within myself. On this Blog, I shall be exploring my inner workings using what I refer to as W-5H, or Who, What, Why, Where, When and How. My hope is that in discovering my inner self, I can help you and you in turn can help. I encourage your participation, thoughts, ideas and comments. But, before we go much further, I need to tell you about me.

I am sixty-five years old and before moving to Florida 22 years ago, I lived my entire life in a large mid-western industrialized metropolis. I have a college degree and obtained additional training beyond a four year degree which afforded me the ability to be professionally licensed in several other areas. However, as the result of a felony conviction, I am no longer able to engage in anything even remotely related to my profession. I’ve been married three times and am currently separated from my third wife. Therefore, I’d say that I’ve three failed marriages.
I exercise regularly, at one point in my life, I exercised to what many would call excess, as I trained for and ran 5 marathons in the late eighties including qualifying for the Boston Marathon twice, but only running once. Today, I run some, walk a great deal, and bike frequently. I take a regular regiment of vitamins, I weigh myself daily and watch what I eat. I don’t smoke, drink or take drugs.

My favorite hobbies are reading, mostly fiction in the mystery, spy and espionage genre. I do crossword puzzles and most every other kind of word game. I call myself an "Environmentalist" as I like historic places, preservation and bird watching. I pick up trash along the side walks and in the parks when I’m walking. I always take a cart from the parking lot into the store when I go to shop and always return my cart to the store.
I have trust issues, perhaps that is why that although I have many friends, I don’t feel truly close to any of them. I like my solitude and can therefore be alone in a crowd or be in a crowd and still be alone. I don’t like confinement and loud noises truly bother me. Nevertheless, I like helping people. I also know that in order to help others, one must first be able help oneself, and that is precisely why I started this Blog.

Some of the future articles that will appear this blog will deal with such things as : stereotyping; figure pointing; being judgmental; and even escapism. Look for the next installment in a day of two. In the meantime, please feel free to forward your comments and suggestions and most certainly feel free to tell me about yourself.

Yours truly,

LW