Any decent human being can admit they have a mission behind their hobbies.
For me, I want to make a space that primarily enables people to see:
- No one is so far gone they can’t have value.
- No good can come without compassion.
- We need to figure out our values to be happy.
- What makes us human.
Those are my overarching goals. Take ’em or leave ’em.
As a person, I’ll admit I have a firm spiritual motivation. To me, sprituality means we see that we are all searching for belongingness, and that we can admit upfront the ways in which we get along, ultimately forming a basis for relationships. In practice, this can look like a lot of things. But the point is to say I believe we don’t get anywhere by harping on being too different to acknowledge your intrinsic worth.
I wanted to state this upfront because although I have a religious upbringing and it does influence my core beliefs, I also am willing to explain its flaws and how improving a system is antithetical to digging in your heels under the guise of correlation and repetition being proven circularly. I am an academic. My formative years were shaped (albeit not perfectly) by people missing the heart of the questions that I was asking, instead giving hollow answers, figuring children can’t understand complex ideas due to age rather than improper methods of communication.
While that probably opens up a slew of psychological testing measures on myself, at least I’m willing to lay out there that my core beliefs of respect and understanding each other come with the guidance of novels and books. I have ideas and thoughts. Not all of them make perfect sense. Some aren’t that intricate. Some are.
If nothing else, let this blog register in your mind as proof that anecdotal rationale and narrative inquiry are worth using.
Your story? It’s just as worth it to me.
XOXO,
Dorothy B
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