As I mentioned in my last post, I am participating in the Your Turn Challenge Blog beginning today and going for a week. So, this is the first of seven "blog events!" (kind of like a "weather event!" but without the shivering/soggy/windblown reporter.) Wait - we interrupt this blog post for a Special News Bulletin: "Weather Channel Reporter in a Storm" is an actual Halloween costume option - see Exhibit A.
Exhibit A
While it's true that my earliest vocational goal was to become the next "Wendy the Weather Girl" for Romper Room - following my actual appearance in Miss Margaret's Magic Mirror on my 3rd birthday (it's true - in an episode similar to this one), that is not, in fact, the purpose of this post.
Instead I want to answer the question which is on all of your minds - what will I win if I manage to post something every day this week? Answer: nothing. zero. zilch. nada. zippo. diddly-squat. There is no reward awaiting me as I post my final challenge blog on Sunday. If there's no reward, then - you may ask - am I doing this to avoid some sort of punishment? Am I truly so weak-willed that I need the lurking threat of public shame and humiliation for failing to follow through on an announced intent to prod me into doing what is to my benefit anyway? ................... maybe......
But, when Miss Margaret's Magic Mirror saw me on my 3rd birthday and spoke my name on national television, I'm fairly certain that the vision for Dabble University was planted in my mind, recognizing that I would come to know so many others whose names may not have been spoken on National Television by Miss Margaret, but who would need to be affirmed in other ways. I would come to believe that some of us are Dabblers whose purpose and meaning is found in allowing our minds to explore at will, satisfying our curiosities and indulging our interests as they emerge. But, that brief moment on NATIONAL TELEVISION also gave me a taste of community, witnessing how each individual has their moment in the Magic Mirror (or not... sorry.....), but thrives when we become part of a dabbling flock that encourages, challenges, and cares whether or not we write 7 blogs just because we said we would.
(Note to moderators of the Your Turn Challenge: if you change your mind and decide to award a prize to THIS winner, the following would not go unappreciated):
Instead I want to answer the question which is on all of your minds - what will I win if I manage to post something every day this week? Answer: nothing. zero. zilch. nada. zippo. diddly-squat. There is no reward awaiting me as I post my final challenge blog on Sunday. If there's no reward, then - you may ask - am I doing this to avoid some sort of punishment? Am I truly so weak-willed that I need the lurking threat of public shame and humiliation for failing to follow through on an announced intent to prod me into doing what is to my benefit anyway? ................... maybe......
But, when Miss Margaret's Magic Mirror saw me on my 3rd birthday and spoke my name on national television, I'm fairly certain that the vision for Dabble University was planted in my mind, recognizing that I would come to know so many others whose names may not have been spoken on National Television by Miss Margaret, but who would need to be affirmed in other ways. I would come to believe that some of us are Dabblers whose purpose and meaning is found in allowing our minds to explore at will, satisfying our curiosities and indulging our interests as they emerge. But, that brief moment on NATIONAL TELEVISION also gave me a taste of community, witnessing how each individual has their moment in the Magic Mirror (or not... sorry.....), but thrives when we become part of a dabbling flock that encourages, challenges, and cares whether or not we write 7 blogs just because we said we would.
(Note to moderators of the Your Turn Challenge: if you change your mind and decide to award a prize to THIS winner, the following would not go unappreciated):
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